Please Don't Call Me Human

The New York Times Book Review called him "China's Kerouac." In this work, contemporary fiction writer Wang Shuo applies his genius for cultural irreverence to one of the world's sacred rituals: the Olympic Games. He imagines an Olympics where nations compete not on the basis of athletic prowess, but according to their citizens' capacity for humiliation--and China is determined to win at any cost. The plot unfolds into an alternately bizarre and hilarious satire of nationalism, the Olympics, and the cult of celebrity. Banned in China for its "rudeness" and "vulgarity."