Dress Like a Boy

By Quentin Lee

Book Overview

It's Edward Ng's last year at Berkeley. Amidst campus protests, warehouse raves, and grad school applications, Edward is torn between sticking out in a non-monogamous relationship with his flaky... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595127851
• ISBN13: 9780595127856
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Writers Club Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Dress Like a Boy

Dress Like a Boy have been writen by my BROTHER. I am so PROUD of him. =) KEEP IT UP BRO! =)))

Sexy and brilliant

I love this book. I'm not Asian American, but I bought this book out of a friend's recommendation from the bay area. I was looking for a smart gay novel to read, and it blew me away.There's quite a bit of gay sex (well, I'm gay and I find it quite exciting) in the book, but it's not really about sex. The novel deals with a poignant sense of profound loss and desire... somewhat tragic.I'm sort of from the same generation of the writer (or the protagonist at least) and it's very nostalgic. I look forward to Mr. Lee's next novel : ) Definitely a fan.

A fresh, insightful voice!

Quentin Lee, film director of, "Flow", "Shopping For Fangs", and, "Drift", has crafted an powerful first novel with, "Dress Like A Boy". The story is about a student at U.C. Berkeley, who is Gay and Asian. It is a complex tale involving Edward Ng, a native of Hong Kong, and the relationships that he has with his openly bisexual boyfriend, his closeted bisexual cousin, and various other family members and friends. The novel weaves back and forth between the present and the past, and Hong Kong and the United States to help explain why Edward Ng gets involved with, and then remains in a number of complex relationships. The author is also somehow able to tell his story in a way that would enlighten someone unfamiliar with the experiences of Gay Asian men, but in way that might also help to empower a Gay Asian reader of the work. Edward Ng is insecure, and thus he does come off as heroic, but that is explained by his restrictive and unsupportive upbringing, and the fact that he is Asian in a society that does not make much room for anyone who is not White. In the end the main character rises up like a phoenix, although meekly, realistically, and humorously from the wreckage of his life. I had expected Quentin Lee to conclude his tale like Charles Webb had done in his novel, "The Graduate", but instead chooses to keep his tale fresh and original. Having finished a novel that I could not put down, I smiled remembering that this was Lee's first work, and that more would likely come! ...

A Must Read

From the moment i started the first page, I became hooked. The book is so well written, and so touching for all of us who've ever felt a sense of alienation with the world. I couldn't put the book down for the two short days that I was reading the book. A truly awesome book, one of the most memorable that I've ever read. If only I had enough literary skills to put into words the emotions it brought out in me.

Dressed like a boy while reading this great book!

This book was a present from two friends. One who wrote this fine book (who I'd love to meet one day and get it signed) and the one who gave it to me. At first I wasn't interested in reading it, but while trapped on a plane with a talkative passenger, I ripped into Dress Like a Boy. I was moved. I can believe this is suppose to be the authors first novel. He captures a moment in time that feels as if I was living through it with the character. Vivid. Funny. Sad. I highly recommend this to all my friends, but they can't borrow my copy.