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Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season.

When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside - but he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch's massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park - a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore - Nicholas' childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage.

Kevin Kwan, best-selling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret emails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birth father.

"Nigde v mire vy ne najdete takih bogatyh lyudej, kak kitajcy", - pisal srednevekovyj arabskij puteshestvennik Ibn Battuta; etu frazu Kevin Kvan ispol'zoval kak epigraf k svoemu mezhdunarodnomu bestselleru. Itak, poznakom'tes' s Rejchel CHu; ona amerikanka kitajskogo proiskhozhdeniya, molodoj professor ekonomiki v n'yu-jorkskom universitete i specialist po teorii igr. Odnazhdy ee bojfrend Nik, tozhe universitetskij prepodavatel', rodom iz Singapura, zovet ee provesti leto v Azii - sostavit' emu kompaniyu v poezdke na svad'bu ego luchshego druga Kolina.