My Korean Deli: Risking It All For A Convenience Store (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
This was an entertaining listen. It kept me in good company as I drove to Maryland and back. The author's voice is not consistent. As soon as I got hooked on the Amy Tan thing as he presented his mother-in-law, the author changed into a Tom Wolfe to show the espirit du corps of the Paris Review, then he would find his own voice as the author himself learning how to be a clerk. And yet, he never shows the reader, his wife, beyond the faintest strokes, and this is a deficit as she was the prodder into this Deli journey. The story has a conclusion, but it feels like a party you had to leave prematurely. “I really enjoyed this book. Ben Ryder Howe and his wife Gab, who's family moved to the US from Korea, decide that they would like to buy a Deli for her parents, even though they have never run one before. The day to day discoveries of what they need to do to run it, lends to a sometimes comical sometimes stressful existence with each of the family members and employees who each have their own opinions. Ben an underpaid senior editor at the Paris Review, and continues to work at both places and his wife Gab an on and off lawyer.
What do You think about My Korean Deli: Risking It All For A Convenience Store (2011)?
Like a bad deli it will do in a pinch, but it smells weird and the end product is kinda stale.
—KANarmyguy
Quite boring and just got sick of long expalantions thaT didn't seem to tie in with story
—Brian
