Full name: Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book

Author: Maxine Hong Kingston Year: 1989 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780679727897 0679727892

Wittman Ah Sing is an unstoppable hipster poet and playwright on the streets of San Francisco, after the Beats have left and before the hippies have arrived. He falls in love with Nancy the Beautiful, marries Tana, and chases his dream to write and stage an epic drama spanning America and China. Similar books: Man and Wife by Tony Parsons Bech at Bay by John Updike Not to Disturb by Muriel Spark The Cryptographer by Tobias Hill Parachutes & Kisses by Erica Jong God's Grace by Bernard Malamud Time Will Darken It by William Maxwell Cleopatra's Sister by Penelope Lively You Must Remember This by Joyce Carol Oates Marrying the Mistress by Joanna Trollope Wildlife by Richard Ford The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey The Rise & Fall Of Great Powers by Tom Rachman Marry Me by John Updike Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke Take Me With You by Catherine Ryan Hyde Empire Falls by Richard Russo Anne of Windy Poplars by Lucy Maud Montgomery The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson