num_pages: 256
description: The Lums are cursed. Their early deaths come randomly, strangely, and often, be it by tainted cheeseburger or speeding ice cream truck. The most recent victim is Louis Lum's mother. Now Louis must move back home with his gangsta rap-obsessed father, Sonny, to prevent him from enacting the revenge he promises. But soon Louis's concern shifts to his uncle Bo Lum, who has disappeared in Hong Kong. As Louis's search progresses, the tragicomic story of three generations of Lums in America is revealed.
language: English
title: Long Stay in a Distant Land
titlecomplete: Long Stay in a Distant Land
genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 175
publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC