Nominee · Locus Awards 2018
An Excess Male
2017 dystopian novel by Maggie Shen King
China's one-child policy and its cultural preference for male heirs have created a society overrun by forty million unmarriageable men. By the year 2030, more than 25 percent of men in their late thirties will not have a family of their own. An Excess Male is the story of one such leftover man's quest for love and family under a State that seeks to glorify its past mistakes and impose order through authoritarian measures, reinvigorated communist ideals, and social engineering.--from back cover.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- science fiction
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