Strange Beasts of China dark horse Mika has a run-in with

Mika has a run-in with Captain Kurga

and she's pretty much given up on fitting in at school

with huge child appeal

some with devastating consequences

Strange Beasts of China dark horse Mika has a run-in withA New York Times Editors' Choice"Luminous and beguiling . . ."The Washington Post"Magical Realism at its best . . ."The Wall Street JournalFrom one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful novel that blurs the line between human and beastIn the fictional Chinese city of Yongan, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled beasts. These creatures live alongside humans in