![]() ![]() Wu resides in a version of Chinatown that’s both a real place and the backdrop to an ongoing police procedural TV show called “Black and White.” Its inhabitants live their lives as well as the parts assigned to them: Disgraced Son, Delivery Guy, Young Dragon Lady, Silent Henchman or the most coveted role of all, Kung Fu Guy. It’s the story of Willis Wu, a young man who’s struggling to figure out what his role is in life, literally. He published three books, and his fourth, the novel “Interior Chinatown,” is set to come out at the end of this month. ![]() ![]() He worked as a lawyer by day and wrote late into the night. The boy also wrote fiction, but not until he was an adult. When he grew up, he became a corporate lawyer.Įxcept, as with all good stories, there’s more to the story than that. The boy spent his days watching “The Twilight Zone” reruns, playing Street Fighter II, reading “Choose Your Own Adventure” books and thinking about where he might fit in. Once upon a time, there was a boy born in Los Angeles to a Taiwanese mother and father. Charles Yu is very interested in stories, both the stories we tell ourselves and the stories that are told to us, so let’s start with a story about him. ![]()
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