The Rice Queen Diaries: A Memoir

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A moving memoir revealing the politics and pleasures of being a self-identified rice queen' - a gay man who is attracted to Asians. navigating through the urban jungles of Western cities like Vancouver and Lnodon, as well as the humid streets of Bangkok and Hanoi, Daniel explores the multicultural minefields of sexuality and culture as he articulates the manners and contradictions of his desires.'

Daniel Gawthrop is a writer and the author of three previous books, including Affirmation: The AIDS Odyssey of Dr Peter and Vanishing Halo: Saving the Boreal Forest.

Daniel Gawthrop's "The Rice Queen Diaries" is that rare book that has something interesting and provocative to say about both desire and culture. It is personally frank and politically sophisticated. And in these days of moralism on the right and political correctness on the left, it suggests that in our bumbling pursuit of the obscure object of desire, we may be a lot more innocent than we think. ?Stan Persky--Stan Persky "Stan Persky "