The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong; The Coin by Yasmin Zaher; Thirst Trap by Grainne O’Hare
RECENT fiction challenges outdated notions of geography. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong (Jonathan Cape, £20 (£18); 978-1-78733-540-0) is set in Connecticut: not the New England idyll of vacationing New Yorkers, but…
