Every page of Rebecca F Kuang\u2019s Yellowface had me internally groaning and pulling ugly faces. The fact I kept reading is a testament to the author\u2019s ability to write a gripping story held together by a morally bankrupt plot and unlikable characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yellowface is a rollercoaster tale of greed, lies and the perils of social media and the publishing industry. Writers, you may wish to read it in the bath with a bottle of gin, crying over your soggy, unpublished manuscript. Don’t eat the pancakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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