| About the Book
The youngest son of successful Korean immigrants, Alex Kim is
less concerned with discovering his ethnic heritage than proving to
everyone that he is an American. He's no Asian whiz-kid, just an
average student trying to make his way through college in a dreary
reality of nerdy roommates, a lousy part-time job, and a remarkably
reticent girlfriend.
As Alex's stultifying life closes in on him, an opportunity to break
away presents itself - embodied in the mythically beautiful, if
dogmatic, Naomi. Alex carpes the diem, as he might say, and leads us
on a comically wry journey through every form of silliness college
life has to offer as he tries to make sense of his place in the
universe without "swirling down the metaphysical toilet bowl."
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