Laowai

By Jason Lyle Goldberg

Laowai is a work of travel fiction, focusing on 23 months spent by American lowlife Gregory Altschuler in the coastal southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen. As the narrative progresses, the reader willl come to know him by his base instincts, pharmacological history and sexual activities. Touches of both his most dramatic and real world as much as

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jason Lyle Goldberg
• Release date: Jul 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9780578944234

Jason Lyle Goldberg

"It's not every day we read a coming-of-age story of a man experiencing his 30s, but that's exactly the kind of vibe one gets from reading Laowai. Goldberg utilizes his signature style of unfiltered stream of consciousness to craft this unique sensory experience of expat life. Endearing, hilarious, and at times downright salacious, there is not a dull moment in this adventure as readers live vicariously through the eyes of Gregory, a schoolteacher-by-day, pickup-artist-by-night American living in the Chinese city of Xiamen." - Harry Zhang, art dealer, Brooklyn, NY

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