Tác Giả Kevin Kwan

Rich People Problems

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians (a major motion picture starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan) and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royal fought through couture gown sabotage, and the heir to one of Asia's greatest fortunes locked out of his inheritance.

When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside—but he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch’s massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park—a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore—Nicholas’s childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage. As her relatives fight over heirlooms, Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu, but tormented by her ex-husband—a man hell bent on destroying Astrid’s reputation and relationship. Meanwhile Kitty Pong, married to China’s second richest man, billionaire Jack Bing, still feels second best next to her new step-daughter, famous fashionista Colette Bing. A sweeping novel that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a kidnapping at Hong Kong’s most elite private school to a surprise marriage proposal at an Indian palace, caught on camera by the telephoto lenses of paparazzi, Kevin Kwan's hilarious, gloriously wicked new novel reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia's most privileged families and their rich people problems.

The accliamed international bestseller soon to be a major motion picture starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan.

When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn't know is that Nick's family home happens to look like a palace, that she'll ride in more private planes than cars and that she's about to meet the strangest, craziest group of people in existence. Uproarious, addictive, and filled with jaw-dropping opulence, this book is an insider's look at the Asian jet set. 

Plum Sykes meets Amy Tan in this outrageously funny debut novel about three superrich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season.

Rich People Problems xảy ra 2 năm sau China Rich Girlfriend khi cuộc chiến tranh giành quyền thừa kế bắt đầu nổ ra trong gia đình Young. Với khối tài sản khổng lồ của bà nội để lại, các thành viên trong dòng họ lần lượt trở về, khởi đầu cho một trận chiến ngầm tồi tệ mà chỉ có thể xảy ra trong tầng lớp thượng lưu.

+Tác giả:

Kevin Kwan là một tiểu thuyết gia người Singapore nổi tiếng với cuốn sách Crazy Rich Asians, một câu chuyện hư cấu lấy cảm hứng từ thời thơ ấu của anh khi tác giả lớn lên trong giới siêu giàu Châu Á.

Mặc dù Kwan không nhận mình là một người Châu Á giàu có, nhưng anh đã lớn lên trong tầng lớp thượng lưu ở Singapore. Ông cố của anh là một trong những người sáng lập OCBC, ngân hàng lâu đời nhất trong nước. Ông nội của anh cũng là bác sĩ nhãn khoa đầu tiên của đất nước được đào tạo ở phương Tây, ông còn được Nữ hoàng Elizabeth II phong tước để công nhận các đóng góp nhân đạo.