Flux

<b> <ul><li>A <i>New York Times</i> Editor’s Choice </li><li>Best Book of 2023 by <i>Esquire</i>, Apple Books, <i>HuffPost</i>, <i>GQ</i>, <i>Cosmopolitan</i>, and <i>Goodreads.</i></li><li>Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel</li><li>VCU Cabell First Novelist Award</li></ul></b><br> <b>"Brazen, exhilarating, fun, and surprising! I couldn't predict where this novel was going, but I was definitely along for the ride." -- Ling Ma, author of <i>Severance </i></b><br><br> <b>A blazingly original and stylish debut novel about a young man whose reality unravels when he suspects his mysterious employers have inadvertently discovered time travel—and are using it to cover up a string of violent crimes . . .</b><br>  <br> Four days before Christmas, 8-year-old Bo loses his mother in a tragic accident, 28-year-old Brandon loses his job after a hostile takeover of his big-media employer, and 48-year-old Blue, a key witness in a criminal trial against an infamous now-defunct tech startup, struggles to reconnect with his family.<br>  <br> So begins Jinwoo Chong’s dazzling, time-bending debut that blends elements of neo-noir and speculative fiction as the lives of Bo, Brandon, and Blue begin to intersect, uncovering a vast network of secrets and an experimental technology that threatens to upend life itself. Intertwined with them is the saga of an iconic ’80s detective show, <i>Raider</i>, whose star actor has imploded spectacularly after revelations of long-term, concealed abuse.<br>  <br> <i>Flux</i> is a haunting and sometimes shocking exploration of the cyclical nature of grief, of moving past trauma, and of the pervasive nature of whiteness within the development of Asian identity in America.