Kevin Chong Books in Order

Eighteen-year-old Saul learns that the famous folk singer who abandoned him as a baby has died. During the week before her funeral, renewed interest in his parents’ music intensifies the family troubles and everyday frustrations surrounding him.

Approaching thirty as Neil Young approaches sixty, Kevin Chong crosses North America following the musician’s past. Meetings with fans and people from Young’s early life become a personal exploration of music, identity and growing older.

Aspiring model Malcolm Kwan loses his father and fiancée in quick succession, then discovers a half-sister from his father’s affair. Their developing bond unsettles his grieving mother and forces him to reconsider family, identity and his own relationships.

Kevin Chong abandons a conventional list of life goals to become part-owner of a racehorse named Blackie. Life around the track introduces him to an exacting trainer and an unfamiliar community, reshaping his ambitions and sense of meaning.

Northern Dancer’s extraordinary 1964 racing season unfolds through the owner, trainer and jockey who helped shape his career. The horse’s victories and influence as a sire reveal a sporting legend’s place in Canada’s evolving national identity.

An epidemic and quarantine expose the fears and inequalities of a modern city. Doctor Bernard Rieux works with a visiting writer and a struggling newspaper reporter to fight the disease and find purpose amid collective suffering.

Graphic novelist Benson Yu attempts to turn his difficult Chinatown childhood into a comforting story about a lonely boy and an eccentric guardian. As darker memories interrupt his narrative, he struggles to face the truth behind his fictional refuge.