Sherryl Connelly, Kevin Kwan

If you had it, would you flaunt it? That’s the question at the heart of “Crazy Rich Asians,” Kevin Kwan’s new novel about ways and woes of the wealthy in Singapore, where the nouveau riche and the moneyed old guard are opposites when it comes to opulence. The island republic has the highest concentration of millionaires anywhere on the globe. It’s the kind of place where everyone shows up for a party in their private jet. Much of the wealth is new money, and those who have it like to show it off. Vuitton this, Prada that. Closets stuffed with Burberry, the dresser spilling with Hermès scarves. “They like to … Continue reading Sherryl Connelly, Kevin Kwan