Word: ghostworld
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...wise enough to avoid making race the central theme of his work. Instead he just puts Asian Americans into funny, compelling stories that would typically feature "white" characters. The titular tale, for example, owes far more to Dan Clowes' "Ghostworld" than to Amy Tan's "Joy Luck Club." The longest and best of the book's pieces, "Same Difference" features Simon and Nancy, two dorky twenty-something best friends living in Oakland, California who bicker over pop-culture and local weirdoes. The story follows the two of them as Simon semi-reluctantly drives Nancy to Pacifica in order...
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