The Uninvited - Geling Yan

I saw this books whilst browsing the reduced section in W H Smiths and was immediately intrigued. Granted it helped that it was down to 99p, but even so there was something about the cover that made me wonder exactly what this was. From the title, the reader would be fooled into thinking this must be some kind of Chinese horror tale of spirits and possession - survey says "uhuh" you're wrong. The blurb on the back of the book really doesn't give much away, instead it describes food presented in a restaurant as if they were works of art. This sets the scene beautifully for the tale of wealth and corruption versus poverty and struggling. The ...  Read the complete review