YELLOWFACE by Rebecca F. Yaung (Harper Collins, 2023)
In the afterword to this bestseller, Rebecca F. Yaung says her novel as “a horror story about loneliness in a fiercely competitive industry.” However, If she meant it to be a cautionary tale, she has failed.
The corrosive consequences of one woman’s desperate pursuit of wealth and recognition are vividly described but not presented as irredeemably evil or wholly negative. Yaung pulls off the quietly subversive trick of gently inviting the reader to empathise with selfish and morally dubious behaviour.
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‘Bring Up The Bodies’ by Hilary Mantel, which I blogged about yesterday, has much to say about the nature of political manoeuvring and power games that seem as relevant now and as in the 16th century.
