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Fact/Fiction 4: Rich Asian families can buy a hotel with a few phone calls, as in the scenario at the start of the book.
Scene of a beautiful estate, from «Crazy Rich Asians», courtesy of WB
Our take: fact. The purchase of a hotel after making a few phone calls was based on real-life examples. Racing exotic sports cars on public roads and crashing them is not uncommon, said Kevin Kwan, author of «Crazy Rich Asians». «I’ve always felt that truth is stranger than fiction when it comes to details,» Kwan told «Hong Kong Tatler».
