This time on the Gulf Coast Life Book Club, we talk to Nghi Vo, author of the bold and innovative novel The Chosen and The Beautiful. It’s a retelling of the American classic The Great Gatsby, but from the point of view of Jordan Baker who, in this version, is a queer Vietnamese adoptee. Vo talks about how her love of the original inspired her to recast it in this way.
Nghi Vo
Find the people Vo mentions in the interview:
Agent Diana Fox.
Editor Ruoxi Chen.
Publisher Tordotcom.
For Read For the Record, the book is Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon. Look for it at your local public library.
