R.F. Kuang's "Yellowface" delivers a biting commentary on the idea of what we deserve. Author June Hayward is happy for her friend and fellow author Chinese-American Athena Liu, even if June's career is nowhere close to Athena's success. When Athena has a sudden random accident that leads to her death, June discovers Athena's unfinished manuscript and decides to pass it off as her own. With Athena's final project under June's belt, she meteors into the kind of literary success she's always dreamed of, until evidence emerges that proves June is not the true author of the book. As June tries to stamp out any question of her literary genius, she goes further and further to protect what she believes is hers.
Release date: May 16
