Lipstick and Other Stories

Lisptick and Other Stories has won an American Book Award for 2002, the first book by a Hong Kong author and the first book from a publisher outside the United States to be so honored. Alex Kuo bridges oceans, cultures and generations. From grade-schoolers terrorizing Beijing's Bank of China to seeing Elton John at the Holiday Inn Lido, from an imaginary interview with Chairman Mao's trusted confidant and advisor to encountering a Christian evanglist at the Great Hall of the People; these stories play with and explode the intricate and often murky relationships between ideolgy, dissidence and just plain everyday survival.Kuo, Alex is the author of 'Lipstick and Other Stories' with ISBN 9789627160991 and ISBN 9627160997.