“Interior Chinatown” posits that we are reading a teleplay about Chinatown - specifically the Golden Palace restaurant, which is the setting for a cop show called “Black and White.” Through his protagonist, Willis Wu - who has a small part on the show - Yu explores in devastating (and darkly hilarious) fashion Hollywood’s penchant for promoting clichés about Asians and Asian-Americans. This talent has only escalated in his writing for visionary TV shows like “Westworld,” “Legion” and “Lodge 49.” In his new novel, “Interior Chinatown,” Yu expands upon this approach in brilliant and unexpected ways.
Over the past 15 years, Charles Yu has carved out a fascinating, eclectic career as a storyteller, first receiving widespread acclaim in 2010 for his novel “ How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe,” which showcased his ability to revitalize familiar tropes like time travel.
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