Batshit Seven Audiobook

From Governor Generals Awardnominated author SheungKing comes a novel about a millennial living through the Hong Kong protests as he struggles to make sense of modern life and the parts of himself that just wont gel

Glen Wu aka Glue couldnt care less about his job Hes returned to Hong Kong the city he grew up in and hes teaching ESL just to placate his parents But he shows up hungover to class barely stays awake and prefers to spend his time smoking up until dawn breaks

As he watches the city he loves fallthe protests the brutal arrestslife continues around him So he drinks more picks more fights with his drug dealer friend thinks loftier thoughts about the postcolonial condition and Frantz Fanon The very little he does care about his sister who deals with Hong Kongs demise by getting engaged to a rich immigration consultant his onandoffagain relationship with a woman who steals things from him and memories of someone he once met in Canada

When the government tightens its grip language starts to lose all meaning for Glue and he finds himself pulled into an unsettling venture ultimately culminating in an act of violence

Inventive and utterly irresistible SheungKings ingenious novel encapsulates the anxieties and apathies of the millennial experience Batshit Seven is an ode to a beloved city an indictment of the cycles of imperialism and a reminder of the beautiful things left under the hype of commodified living