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Kevin Chong


Canada (b.1975)

Kevin Chong is the author of Baroque-a-Nova, a novel, and Neil Young Nation, a music memoir. He was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, where he presently lives. He attended the University of British Columbia and Columbia University.
 

 
Novels
   Baroque-a-nova (2001)
   Beauty Plus Pity (2011)
   The Plague (2018)
   The Double Life of Benson Yu (2023)
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Non fiction show
 
Award nominations
2023 Giller Prize (shortlist) : The Double Life of Benson Yu


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