Well, the book was a bit heavy-handed with the death of his Korean-American son and the fact that he is a private spy who is spying on Asian-Americans - supposed to be metaphorical, but did't really speak to me. However, I really did like the portrayal of his parents, John Kwang, the immigrant neighborhoods of NY, and his wife's speech therapy students. He did manage to capture the feeling of living on the edge as a 2nd generation ethnic American very well.