Impractical Uses of Cake by Jo Yeoh

Winner of the 2018 Epigram Books Fiction Prize. Sukhin is a thirty-five-year-old teacher who lives alone. His life consists of reading, working and visiting his parents¡¯ to rearrange his piles of ¡°collectibles¡±. He has only one friend, another teacher who has managed to force Sukhin into a friendship by sheer doggedness. While on an errand one afternoon in Chinatown, he encounters a homeless person who recognises him. This chance reunion turns Sukhin¡¯s well-planned life upside down, and the pair learns about love and sacrifice over their shared fondness for cake.