Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book Summary
Maxine Hong Kingston

Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book Summary

Tripmaster Monkey, His Fake Book is Maxine Hong Kingston's kaleidoscopic novel of the life of Wittman Ah Sing, a young English major, who graduated Berkley just one year ago. Wittman thinks of himself as a poet and a playwright, although he works as a clerk in a department store. After being fired from his job, Wittman goes to a party in Oakland, meeting a plain, young Chinese woman on the bus...

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