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Interior Chinatown A Novel

Charles Yu

SOON TO BE A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but always he is relegated to a prop. Yet every day, he leaves his tiny room...

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Dan Pfeiffer mentioned having started reading this book as part of his current reading list.

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And I've started Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

— Episode: “Does size matter?” (with Pete Buttigieg...

Episode: “Does size matter?” (with Pete Buttigieg!)

Dan Pfeiffer mentioned having started reading this book as part of his current reading list.

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And I've started Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Episode: “Does size matter?” (with Pete Buttigieg!)

Dan Pfeiffer stated he started reading Charles Yu's 'Interior Chinatown'.

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And I've started Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Bad Friends

They mentioned that Lisa Gilroy was a cast member on the television series Interior Chinatown.

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She said she was on a show called Interior Chinatown.

— Episode: More Heart, More Fart w/ Lisa Gilroy

Episode: More Heart, More Fart w/ Lisa Gilroy

They mentioned that Lisa Gilroy was a cast member on the television series Interior Chinatown.

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She said she was on a show called Interior Chinatown.

Episode: We're Leaving LA w/ Jimmy O Yang

The hosts noted that Jimmy O.Yang had a TV show on Hulu titled Interior Chinatown, referencing the title of the awardwinning novel.

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Jimmy, you have the TV show on Hulu. Interior Chinatown on Hulu.

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Fresh Air

The host noted that the Hulu series Interior Chinatown was based on Charles Yu's National Book Awardwinning novel of the same name. The mention linked the TV adaptation back to the original paperback/hardcover work.

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Life has turned giddily surreal in the Hulu series Interior Chinatown, based on the National Book Awardwinning novel by Charles Yu.

— Episode: Billie Eilish & Finneas

Episode: Billie Eilish & Finneas

The host noted that the Hulu series Interior Chinatown was based on Charles Yu's National Book Awardwinning novel of the same name. The mention linked the TV adaptation back to the original paperback/hardcover work.

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Life has turned giddily surreal in the Hulu series Interior Chinatown, based on the National Book Awardwinning novel by Charles Yu.

Episode: Best Of: Comedy Writer Michael Schur / Actor Jimmy...

The series was noted to be based on the National Book Awardwinning novel of the same name, which was mentioned as the source material for the Hulu show.

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Based on the national book award winning novel of the same name.

The book is based on the samenamed novel that won the National Book Award.

Episode: Actor/Comic Jimmy O. Yang Breaks Out Of The Backgr...

The novel was described as the source material for the Hulu series, praised for its funny, dramatic, and fantastical take on Asian American roles in pop culture, and noted for its metaphors and surrealism that the show captured.

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Now he's the star of the new television show Interior Chinatown, based on the National Book Award-winning novel of the same name.

The show Interior Chinatown, like the book it's based on, is a funny, dramatic, fantastical take on the role Asian Americans play in pop culture and in real life.

I rifled through a book in like half a day. It was just so engaging.

The book Interior Chinatown was written, like you said, by Charles Yu.

The book has a lot of metaphors and surrealism that the show captures.

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