Batshit Seven

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From Governor General's Award-nominated author Sheung-King comes a novel about a millennial living through the Hong Kong protests, as he struggles to make sense of modern life and the parts of himself that just won't gel.

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"Glue has an intricate understanding of what ails him and his homeland of Hong Kong, but he's paralyzed by his status as a transnational, neither here nor there. This grimly hilarious book asks if imperialism does this to us by accident, or on purpose--but also, it doesn't matter. An astonishingly unflinching account of the spiritual wasteland where 'global' 'citizens' live; how it feels to have your personhood hollowed out by market forces, empire, and migration." Thea Lim, author of An Ocean of Minutes

"Sociopolitically trenchant and darkly witty, Batshit Seven captures what it's like to be a millennial in the age of COVID-19, as a hyphenated, transnational person in a city being dismantled by both politicaloppression and End Times capitalism. Sheung-King writes unerringly and convincingly about Hong Kong, privilege, Chinese families, lost loves, and so much more." Kevin Chong, author of The Double Life of Benson Yu

Author Bio

SHEUNG-KINGs debut novel, You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked., was a finalist for the2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and the2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award. It was longlisted for Canada Reads 2021 and named one of the best book debuts by The Globe and Mail. Sheung-King taught creative writing at the University of Guelph, where he received his MFA. He divides his time between Canada and China.