Wah interprets memorya journey to China and Japan, his fathers experience as a Chinese immigrant in small Canadian towns, images from childhoodto locate the influence of genealogy. The procession of narrative reveals Wahs own attempts to find the relief of exotic identity.Fred Wah searches for his father within various literary forms and embraces. This is a beautiful book and we are in the muscle and limbs of rough cut clear languagelive bright fish slapping on the table.Michael Ondaatje