{"product_id":"an-excess-male-a-novel-isbn-9780062662552","title":"An Excess Male: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the \u003cem\u003eWashington Posts' \u003c\/em\u003e\"The 5 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2017\"!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Tiptree, Jr Literary Award Honor List\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eB\u0026amp;N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog \u003c\/em\u003e\"Best SFF of 2017\" pick!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eKirkus \u003c\/em\u003e\"Best of the Best!\" of 2017 Honorable Mention\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom debut author Maggie Shen King, \u003cem\u003eAn Excess Male\u003c\/em\u003e is the chilling dystopian tale of politics, inequality, marriage, love, and rebellion, set in a near-future China, that further explores the themes of the classics \u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhen She Woke.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder the One Child Policy, everyone plotted to have a son. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow 40 million of them can't find wives.\u003cstrong\u003enone \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003enoneChina’s One Child Policy and its cultural preference for male heirs have created a society overrun by 40 million unmarriageable men. By the year 2030, more than twenty-five percent of men in their late thirties will not have a family of their own. \u003cem\u003eAn Excess Male\u003c\/em\u003e is one such leftover man’s quest for love and family under a State that seeks to glorify its past mistakes and impose order through authoritarian measures, reinvigorated Communist ideals, and social engineering.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWei-guo holds fast to the belief that as long as he continues to improve himself, his small business, and in turn, his country, his chance at love will come. He finally saves up the dowry required to enter matchmaking talks at the lowest rung as a third husband—the maximum allowed by law. Only a single family—one harboring an illegal spouse—shows interest, yet with May-ling and her two husbands, Wei-guo feels seen, heard, and connected to like never before. But everyone and \u003cem\u003eeverything\u003c\/em\u003e—walls, streetlights, garbage cans—are listening, and men, excess or not, are dispensable to the State. Wei-guo must reach a new understanding of patriotism and test the limits of his love and his resolve in order to save himself and this family he has come to hold dear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Maggie Shen King’s startling and beautiful debut, \u003cem\u003eAn Excess Male\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003elooks to explore the intersection of marriage, family, gender, and state in an all-too-plausible future.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eChina’s one-child policy and its cultural preference for male heirs have created a society overrun by forty million unmarriageable men. By the year 2030, more than 25 percent of men in their late thirties will not have a family of their own. \u003cem\u003eAn Excess Male\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of one such leftover man’s quest for love and family under a State that seeks to glorify its past mistakes and impose order through authoritarian measures, reinvigorated communist ideals, and social engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWi-guo holds fast to the belief that as long as he continues to improve himself, his small business, and, in turn, his country, his chance at love will come. He finally saves up the dowry required to enter matchmaking talks at the lowest rung, as a third husband—the maximum allowed by law. Only a single family—one harboring an illegal spouse—shows interest, yet with May-ling and her two husbands, Wei-guo feels seen, heard, and connected like never before. But everyone and everything—walls, streetlights, garbage cans—are listening, and men, excess or not, are dispensable to the State. Wei-guo must reach a new understanding of patriotism and test the limits of his love and his resolve in order to save himself and this family he has come to hold dear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Maggie Shen King’s startling and beautiful debut, \u003cem\u003eAn Excess Male\u003c\/em\u003e explores the intersection of marriage, family, gender, and state in an all-too-plausible future.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“I found \u003cem\u003eAn Excess Male\u003c\/em\u003e eerie and riveting. This brilliantly crafted dystopia brings to mind Margaret Atwood’s \u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, but with its dire situation more probable and imminent. \u003cem\u003eAn Excess Male\u003c\/em\u003e is a wonderful read, horrifying and humorous and bringing with it a warning.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeather Stallings, author of Click City, a novel serialized by the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Maggie Shen King has a great gift not only for creating a complicated, futuristic world but also for creating characters who win our hearts and minds.  \u003cem\u003eAn Excess Male\u003c\/em\u003e is a wonderfully inventive and wonderfully funny novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargot Livesey, author of Mercury and The Flight of Gemma Hardy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/em\u003e of a new generation.  This is a stark and fantastic view of an almost inevitable future.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Clines, author of Paradox Bound and The Fold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An extraordinary first novel—an incisive, dryly funny examination of masculinity in a near-future China, where a gender imbalance in the population has resulted in some startling social changes. \u003cem\u003eAn Excess Male \u003c\/em\u003eis a nuanced, meticulously structured character study that builds to a thrilling conclusion.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDexter Palmer, author of Version Control\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In a remarkable debut, Maggie Shen King has brought to life an indelible dystopia that prefigures a looming future -- one in which gender imbalance harnesses both men and women into roles that imprison them.  Evocative and compelling, \u003cem\u003eAn Excess Male\u003c\/em\u003e stands as a prescient, searing tale of the family in an imperative battle for sovereignty against totalitarian rule.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLane von Herzen, author of Copper Crown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In a remarkable debut, Maggie Shen King has brought to life an indelible dystopia that prefigures a looming future. Evocative and compelling, An Excess Male stands as a prescient, searing tale of the family in an imperative battle for sovereignty against totalitarian rule.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLane von Herzen, author of Copper Crown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Boldly envisioned and executed, \u003cem\u003eAn Excess Male\u003c\/em\u003e is thrilling, provocative and genuinely frightening in its implications.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] masterful, disturbing novel...The worldbuilding in this novel is brilliant...[King] offers a plausible look at a world where political manipulation reaches into our most intimate lives.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArs Technica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“King’s novel takes its cues from classic sci-fi dystopias, from \u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eEnder’s Game\u003c\/em\u003e, to demonstrate the repressive control mechanisms already at work in everyday life. An intelligent, incisive commentary on how love survives—or doesn’t—under the heel of the State.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“King imagines a frightening reality, in which forced cultural norms run counter to basic human rights, leaving readers exceedingly uncomfortable with its feasibility.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“King writes distinctive and sympathetic characters, and her vision of a not-so-far future is unnerving and thought-provoking.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post (a \"Must read science fiction and fantasy\" September 2017 pick)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In King’s thoughtful, heartbreaking debut...[she] expertly explores the myriad routes to family, hope, and love in a repressive country.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Disturbing, funny, suspenseful and keenly observed, “An Excess Male” demonstrates the toll exerted on individuals when the government takes too deep an interest in love and marriage. 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