Fatty Goes to China

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.