Kevin Kwan, SEX AND VANITY
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In this special weekend re-release, Zibby speaks to New York Times bestselling author Kevin Kwan about Sex and Vanity, a riveting and brilliantly funny comedy of manners that explores privilege, culture, romance, and extravagant fashion!
“With this sparkling confection of a potboiler, Kwan more than delivers on the promises of his title, and he does so with tongue planted firmly in cheek.”—The New York Times
"A summer romp with a satirical sting."—NPR
"Deliciously modern... drama, diamonds, and satire galore."—Vanity Fair
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:06.7 | This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes. |
| 0:14.9 | I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir. |
| 0:21.9 | Our books are already out now. |
| 0:23.5 | You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com. |
| 0:25.6 | And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle |
| 0:31.2 | features. |
| 0:31.8 | That's at Zibbymag.com. |
| 0:33.1 | We have classes at Zippy Classes.com. |
| 0:35.4 | And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop |
| 0:40.3 | at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of |
| 0:47.9 | our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018. |
| 0:56.5 | And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy it. This episode with Kevin Kwan is a special weekend re-release. |
| 1:06.4 | Kevin, for those of you who don't know, curated a shelf, a bookshelf at Zibby's |
| 1:10.8 | bookshop in Santa Monica. |
| 1:12.2 | So if you've not been in there lately, you should go check it out and see what Kevin recommends. |
| 1:16.5 | I hope you enjoy this episode. |
| 1:18.3 | I had the most fun ever laughing and talking to Kevin Kwan, who is the author of Crazy Rich Asians, |
| 1:25.0 | the international best-selling novel that has been translated into |
| 1:27.8 | more than 30 languages. Its sequel, China Rich Girlfriend, was released in 2015 and Rich People |
| 1:33.7 | Problems. The final book in the trilogy followed in 2017. For several weeks in 2018, |
| 1:38.7 | the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy commanded the top three positions of the New York Times bestseller |
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