Ghost Month book is good fiction with a lot of history about past and current Taiwan and Taipei. Can even pick up useful everyday things like how and why trash works the way it does.
I recommend as a good read for anyone new to Taiwan or probably even people that have been around Taiwan for a while may have missed some things they think they know.
Nice small glossary at the back.
I heard the author on Talking Taiwan podcast and sounded like he didn’t have much experience in Taiwan and had only picked up his knowledge through research. He states in the book acknowledgements that he has never lived in Taiwan for an extended period of time.
Very interesting book, it is a bit too leaning maybe on the US mission to civilise and help the world, but quite eye-opener of the griftiness of KMT during the transition period post-WWII.
