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Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown. The bloody messes don't bother her, not when she's already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister being pushed in front of a train . . .
A wildly original, darkly humorous, and subversive horror novel about a Chinese-American crime scene cleaner, serial killers, and hungry ghosts, Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng is a compelling, gory, ghostly romp that confronts the brutal violence experienced by East Asians during the pandemic.
"An adult debut that frightens to the bone, deftly illustrating trauma and paranoia in aching prose and with perfectly timed grim humor." -- Library Journal