r does he “derogate everything Chinese.” Instead, throughout the entire novel he subtlety compliments the Chinese culture by not dropping it entirely for his new American one. It can clearly be seen now that Lowe’s statement that he “strongly suspects” that his “father’s life is a fraud” is not a scathing critique but subtle praise for the way he could adopt new ways on top of his traditional Chinese ones. Much like this statement deserved new consideration, Lowe’s entire book deserves to be brought of the shelves and into the mainstream of the Asian-American Studies community....
