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In Ian Russell-Hsieh’s searing debut novel I’M NEW HERE, Sean retreats from a disastrous breakup to his parents’ homeland Taipei, in an attempt to reconcile the parts of himself he has long denied. Haunted by his ex, and disappointed in a city he feels like a stranger in, Sean is intrigued by a strange older man he keeps meeting. Under the sticky heat, it’s not long before things start to unravel, and Sean’s past and future cohere in alarming and strange ways.