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Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book Study Guide

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by Maxine Hong Kingston
About 52 pages (15,717 words)
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Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book Study Guide consists of approx. 52 pages of summaries and analysis on Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book by Maxine Hong Kingston. Browse the literature study guide below:

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Tripmaster Monkey, His Fake Book is Maxine Hong Kingston's kaleidoscopic novel of the life of Wittman Ah Sing, a young English major just one year out of Berkley. Wittman thinks of himself as a poet and a playwright, although he works as a clerk in a department store. After being fired from his job, Wittman goes to a party in Oakland, meeting a plain young Chinese woman on the bus. Wittman meets an attractive blonde named, Tasa, at the party, and marries her in the wee hours of the next morning, primarily to avoid the draft. (read more)
      Chapter 1: Trippers and Askers
      Chapter 2: Linguists and Contenders
      Chapter 3: Twisters and Shouters
      Chapter 4: The Winners of the Party
      Chapter 5: Ruby Long Legs' and Zeppelin's Song of the Open Road
      Chapter 6: A Song for Occupations
      Chapter 7: A Pear Garden in the West
      Chapter 8: Bones and Jones
      Chapter 9: One-Man Show

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