Eddie Huang has a great immigrant story. Well, actually he is a first generation American but with plenty of family ties to Taiwan. His dad was a bit of a gangster there but came to America and ended up a successful restaurant owner. Eddie and his two brothers were no coddled and learned to kick the ass of anyone who made Chinese jokes about them or taunted them for being different. Eddie is a bit of a gangster himself. He does well in school if he can just stay long enough instead of getting kicked out for fighting, etc. He is a troublemaker but much in the "boys will be boys" way. He is willing to hustle. He is now the owner of a very popular New York restaurant.
This is kind of a hip hop memoir but great fun to read and perhaps not always serious. The cover reveals a lot about Eddie and I enjoyed every page of this book.
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