New York: Harper Collins, (2017) First printing, a trade paperback original. SIGNED first edition - The author's first published novel, a "dystopian tale of politics, inequality, marriage, love, and rebellion, set in a near-future China . . .Under the One Child Policy, everyone plotted to have a son. Now 40 million of them can't find wives. By the year 2030, more than twenty-five 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." SIGNED on the title page. Includes a reading group discussion guide. 406 pp. ISBN: 978-1538454060.