E Y Zhao
Praise for Underspin
Zhao's Underspin is an eruption of a debut. This novel displays a wondrous ability that renders both the central sport and lives that weave around it with meticulous precision and tremendous heart
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, National Book Award and Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize-shortlisted author of Chain-Gang All-Stars
E.Y. Zhao arrives on the literary scene like Minerva emerging from the head of Zeus: fully formed, formidable, and a superior force to be reckoned with. Who knew the world needed a table-tennis novel? Except ...
Neel Mukherjee, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Lives of Others and Choice
Underspin is a kaleidoscopic novel about many things: the dark center of hurt, its ripples, and the unpayable costs of ambition. Zhao’s prose is a marvel—sly, seductive, and cutthroat as a kill ...
Rob Franklin, author of Great Black Hope
Zhao's Underspin is an eruption of a debut. This novel displays a wondrous ability that renders both the central sport and lives that weave around it with meticulous precision and tremendous heart
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, National Book Award and Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize-shortlisted author of Chain-Gang All-Stars
E.Y. Zhao arrives on the literary scene like Minerva emerging from the head of Zeus: fully formed, formidable, and a superior force to be reckoned with. Who knew the world needed a table-tennis novel? Except ...
Neel Mukherjee, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Lives of Others and Choice
Underspin is a kaleidoscopic novel about many things: the dark center of hurt, its ripples, and the unpayable costs of ambition. Zhao’s prose is a marvel—sly, seductive, and cutthroat as a kill ...
Rob Franklin, author of Great Black Hope
Zhao's Underspin is an eruption of a debut. This novel displays a wondrous ability that renders both the central sport and lives that weave around it with meticulous precision and tremendous heart
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, National Book Award and Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize-shortlisted author of Chain-Gang All-Stars
E.Y. Zhao arrives on the literary scene like Minerva emerging from the head of Zeus: fully formed, formidable, and a superior force to be reckoned with. Who knew the world needed a table-tennis novel? Except ...
Neel Mukherjee, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Lives of Others and Choice
Underspin is a kaleidoscopic novel about many things: the dark center of hurt, its ripples, and the unpayable costs of ambition. Zhao’s prose is a marvel—sly, seductive, and cutthroat as a kill ...
Rob Franklin, author of Great Black Hope