Product Description
Written after two years of living in China, Black Class Cur is set in that country on the eve of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. The main characters are a former Red Guard and his younger brother who gets fatally involved in the student demonstrations. They come up against an American "foreign expert" whose preoccupation is locating a baby to adopt, with or without the help of a gang of third-world medical students. Black Class Cur was nominated for the Editor's Book Award. "...a narrative that begins with controlled wildness and a touch of the absurd, and escalates from there."
About the Author
Tom Bradley is a former lounge harpist. He holds a Ph.D. In English, and taught British and American literature to Chinese graduate students in the years before the Tiananmen Square massacre. His novel ACTING ALONE was published in 1995 by Browntrout of San Francisco. His work has been nominated for the Editor's Book Award, the New York University Bobst Award, and the AWP Award Series in the Novel. His short stories have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes and have won various Tokyo contests. One was translated into Japanese.
