Book · 2007 · Fiction
Free Food for Millionaires
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I also would love to see people go back to Minjin Lee's like debut book, Free Food for Millionaires. Totally different than Pachenko.
What they say about it
- Discusses the author's first book“your first novel”3
The best things said about it
She wrote a book years ago called Free Food for Millionaires, great title.
Your first novel, Free Food for Millionaires, the key word was choice.
MH your first book came out in 2007 MH and what was that book called free food for millionaires.
4 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Min Jin Lee's debut novel Free Food for Millionaires follows the ambitious life of Casey Han, a first-generation Korean American Princeton graduate navigating identity, wealth, and societal expectations in 1990s New York City. Gilbert Cruz recommended the novel on The Book Review podcast, encouraging listeners to revisit the author's early work alongside her later bestseller Pachinko. Cruz and Min Jin Lee also discussed the thematic structure of her bibliography during an interview segment, noting how choice serves as the central governing word for her debut novel in contrast to home in Pachinko. Furthermore, the conversation touched upon the realities of the publishing industry, with Lee reflecting on international royalties for her early fiction. Other contributors on The Book Review, including Pamela Paul and Elisabeth Egan, also referenced the book while interviewing the author and discussing contemporary fiction with comparable thematic elements. Through these discussions, podcast hosts and literary critics repeatedly pointed to the novel as a vital cornerstone of Min Jin Lee's literary career, praising its compelling title, rich character development, and incisive exploration of immigrant ambition, financial struggle, and personal autonomy in contemporary American society.
Every mention
Gilbert Cruz I also would love to see people go back to Minjin Lee's like debut book, Free Food for Millionaires. Totall… 4
“So with your two previous books, I believe you focused on sort of one word for each of them. Your first novel, Free Food for Millionaires, the key word was uh choice. In Pachenko, your second novel, it was home.”
“I also would love to see people go back to Minjin Lee's like debut book, Free Food for Millionaires. Totally different than Pachenko.”
“this was your second novel after free food for millionaires”
“your first book as we referenced earlier was free food for Millionaires”
Elisabeth Egan she wrote a book years ago called free food for millionaires great title 1
“she wrote a book years ago called free food for millionaires great title”
Min Jin Lee I mean, for example, when I sell a book in England for Pachinko and for free food for millionaires, it's ab… 1
“I mean, for example, when I sell a book in England for Pachinko and for free food for millionaires, it's about 60 p per book that I sell that I make. Those are my royalties.”
Pamela Paul MH your first book came out in 2007 MH and what was that book called free food for millionaires 1
“MH your first book came out in 2007 MH and what was that book called free food for millionaires”
