a unique, poetic letter from a son to his mother who can't read. this book covers a lot of topic like the Vietnam war, abuse, homosexuality, grief and drug addiction. the sequence of events is not linear though so might leave you confused of what's happening. might be too graphic or brutal to some people (especially the part about the monkeys...) so you might want to read some reviews first if you're sensitive to these… the poetic writing style is sometimes hard to digest/understand for me but i think it's worth a read at least once!

한글 번역본으로 먼저 읽고 너무 좋아서 영어 원서로도 냉큼 읽어버렸다.