Afterparties Fiction he’s painfully aware of the

he’s painfully aware of the irony

no-holds-barred commentary on the everyday annoyances

Shrike is determined to survive

Breaking away from their forebears’ self-inflicted ghettoization

Afterparties Fiction he’s painfully aware of theBy: Anthony Veasna So Seamlessly transitioning between the absurd and the tenderhearted, balancing acerbic humor with sharp emotional depth, Afterparties offers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian Americans. As the children of refugees carve out radical new paths for themselves in California, they shoulder the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide and grapple with the complexities of race, sexuality, friendship, and family. A high