Ito is a middle-aged Japanese sushi chef, newly arrived in New York. Having left Japan after the death of his wife, he has arrived in a city and a country that have little appreciation of his artistry.
Mariane is a downwardly-mobile WASP, one of the waitresses at the sushi restaurant at which Ito works. Having abandoned her young child many years ago, she has steadily sunk into an empty life of drink and one night stands . . .
Around her two central characters, Nani Power spins a brilliantly realised multiracial cast, Vietnamese, Indian, Chinese, Hispanic and all-American, all seeking to make sense of their lives in the confusions and complexity of New York. A brilliantly inventive and sparkling first novel of life, food and sex in the melting pot of contemporary New York.
