Free Food for Millionaires

Bloomsbury presents Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee, read by Jennifer Sun Bell.
FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF PACHINKO
'This big, beguiling book has all the distinguishing marks of a Great American Novel..' The Times
'Exquisitely evoked.' USA Today
'Ambitious and accomplished.' New York Times
'Could have been penned by Austen herself.' Daily Mail
'An insight into the secret world of Korean America.' Observer
Casey Han is a strong-willed, Queens-bred daughter of Korean immigrants immersed in a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle she can't afford. When a chance encounter with an old friend lands her a new opportunity, she's determined to make her way in a glittering world of privilege, power, and wealth - but at what cost?
This sharp-eyed epic exposes the intricate layers of a community clinging to its old ways - a portrait of intergenerational strife, immigrant struggle, and social and economic mobility - set against the glimmering backdrop of late-twentieth-century New York City. Praise for Min Jin Lee:
'Powerful.' Barack Obama
'A masterpiece.' John Boyne
'Deep, broad, addictive.' David Mitchell
'Luminous... powerful.' Junot Díaz
'Eye-opening.' The Times

Min Jin Lee is the author of the novels Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko, a finalist for the National Book Award, runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and a New York Times "100 Best Books of the Century." Lee is the 2024 recipient of The Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence. From South Korea, Lee has received the Manhae Grand Prize for Literature, the Bucheon Diaspora Literary Award, and the Samsung Happiness for Tomorrow Award for Creativity. She is the recipient of fellowships in Fiction from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lee is an inductee of the New York Foundation for the Arts Hall of Fame and the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. Lee served as the Editor of Best American Short Stories 2023. Lee's essays and criticism have appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, Wall Street Journal, Travel & Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, Vogue, and The Times of London. She is a Writer-in-Residence at Amherst College. She is at work on her third novel, American Hagwon and a nonfiction work, Name Recognition.