“Kevin Chen’s ‘Ghost Town’ is the literary equivalent of a suitcase jammed full to the point of bursting. Characters, memories, regrets, choices, consequences, secrets, history, politics, real estate, sex: They’re all pressed together close, like unwashed clothes after a long trip. Open the case up even a little bit and the dirty laundry starts spilling out...life gets messy, and Chen is an author who can handle it.”
Read the full review in The New York Times Book Review.