Overview
Written in original, humorous, and innovative ways, these 11 richly varied stories expose the risks in finding shelter in unaccommodating places. Exploring the precarious lives of an accident-prone Chinese construction worker with a dark secret, a fatally ill Canadian artist who remains in Beijing after the 2008 Olympics, a grieving barber who makes a gruesome discovery about his Czech lover, and a couple who make a shocking, last-minute decision about their adoptive child, these unforgettable narratives—both dark and emotional—travel from China to Canada and Europe to convey vivid descriptions and a nostalgic appeal.Author Biography
Royston Tester is a short fiction writer and editor whose work has appeared in Cha: An Asian Literary Review, the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, and various Canadian, U.S., and UK journals and anthologies. He is the author of Summat Else. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.