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Isham Cook

Author | Beijing, China | Website

American novelist and essayist based in China since 1994. Writing philosophy: downmarket, big concept, provocative, discriminating, outrageous. Influences: Ballard, Beckett, Borges, Dick, Kafka, Hesse, Melville, Mishima, Sade.

Isham Cook's Projects

American Rococo: Essays on the Edge

What do seashells, obesity, graffiti, and the American ghetto have in common? Nude hot springs and t... more

At the Teahouse Cafe: Essays from the Middle Kingdom

It’s 1949 at Revolutionary University. Chinese students spend all their waking hours in political me... more

Confucius and Opium: China Book Reviews

Have foreigners shaped China’s history to a greater extent than has previously been acknowledged, re... more

Lust & Philosophy

Expat Isham Cook lives a highly ordered life of the mind and is not one to be swayed by circumsta... more

Massage and the Writer: Essays on Asian Massage

Whether as bodily relief and relaxation, a means of seduction, or a form of prostitution, massage... more

Sexual Fascism: Essays

At present the USA is the global innovator in sexual repression, with almost one million Americans u... more

The Exact Unknown and Other Tales of Modern China

A foreign teacher struggles with proper whipping technique on his female student, while another give... more

The Kitchens of Canton

Jeff Malmquist is unaccountably catapulted to the year 2060. He finds himself in New Gary, Indian... more

The Mustachioed Woman of Shanghai

It is the Shanghai of courtesans and concubines, danger and decadence, updated to 2020. American exp... more

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