Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies

by Lindsay Wong

Wong’s novel is long and absolutely not for the squeamish—and I usually am—but somehow, this macabre story completely gripped me. Wong crafts a unique plot about a young woman so desperately disillusioned with her life in Vancouver, and keen to save her grandmother from debt, that she signs her life away to the ancient Chinese tradition of corpse marriage.

This wickedly hilarious tale that delivers a biting critique of class, ambition, and the relentless, crushing burden of being an impoverished model minority. Wong plunges us headfirst into a darkly comedic underworld where cultural expectations collide brutally with modern survival. The writing is relentlessly sharp, unapologetically graphic, and deeply uncomfortable in the best way possible.

Instead of a passive tragedy, Wong delivers a fierce, satirical story that forces you to gasp, laugh, and squirm squirm all at once. It exposes how far people are forced to go when society offers them no real safety net. This book is a fiercely original triumph—a wild, unsettling ride that will linger with you long after the final page.