| 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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