Stephen Dau's The Book of Jonas is a marvelous, lyrical debut that examines the effects of war on everyone involved. Dau weaves together the stories...
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i'm buying this book. but i'm irritated that a clip from the movie is there. i know you have to sell the book, but the movie is super offensive. in real life, all those kids were asian. it's a true story. and their being asian affected their ability to pull off the card counting (as in, if they weren't asian, it wouldn't have worked as well), so it's not a trivial detail. not that it would be anyway. when are they going to start making movies about real white people and making the characters asian?
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i'm buying this book. but i'm irritated that a clip from the movie is there. i know you have to sell the book, but the movie is super offensive. in real life, all those kids were asian. it's a true story. and their being asian affected their ability to pull off the card counting (as in, if they weren't asian, it wouldn't have worked as well), so it's not a trivial detail. not that it would be anyway. when are they going to start making movies about real white people and making the characters asian?(5 of 8 readers found this comment helpful)