{"product_id":"gold-plated-puppets-9798198562196","title":"Gold-Plated Puppets","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Minh Hưng\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGold-Plated Puppets\u003c\/b\u003e is a sharp, satirical social novel about a newly wealthy family desperately trying to cover their lives, status, culture, and conscience with a thin layer of gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the story of Mr. Loc, Mrs. Mui, their Western-educated daughter Thanh, the old patriarch Phuc, Dr. Minh Hung, the housemaid Hao, and a vivid cast of supporting characters, the novel creates a tragicomic portrait of modern social vanity. Luxury villas, designer handbags, imported wine, koi ponds, fake aristocratic manners, livestreamed charity campaigns, social media morality, and glittering real estate projects all become symbols of a society obsessed with appearance but starved of inner substance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a story about the nouveau riche, \u003cb\u003eGold-Plated Puppets\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary dissection of the gap between being rich and being refined, between tradition and performance, between cultural roots and lifestyle branding. With biting humor, vivid realism, and moments of deep compassion, the novel asks a haunting question: when the golden surface peels away, what remains of a human being?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is ideal for readers interested in literary satire, Vietnamese social fiction, family drama, urban transformation, class anxiety, cultural identity, and the moral cost of wealth in contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890444353687,"sku":"9798198562196","price":1037.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798198562196.webp?v=1781180037","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/gold-plated-puppets-9798198562196","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}