The Emperor of Gladness

Name: The Emperor of Gladness
Author: Ocean Vuong
ISBN: 9781787335400

Ocean Vuong

Hardback · Random House UK Ltd

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The Emperor of Gladness follows a wayward young man in New England who, out of sheer chance, becomes the caretaker for an 82-year-old widow living with dementia. Hallmarks of Vuong's writing - formal innovation, syntactic dexterity, and the ability to twin grit with grace through tenderness - are on full display in this masterful story of friendship and how much we're willing to risk to possess one of life's most treasured mercies: a second chance.

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