Christian Adams – författare

The continuing saga of Charlie Birch, an American expat and self-described "e;washout,"e; reinventing himself in Asia. Picking up where Book 1 (Year of the Rat) left off, Charlie and his idiosyncratic Taiwanese Godfather resume their travels in China, Thailand, and the Philippines, while navigating the "e;sea of trouble"e; in Taiwan. Years of the Ox & Tiger is a gritty travel memoir inspired by Charlie's early "e;midlife crisis"e; which started when he left his dead-end life in San Francisco for capricious and sometimes sordid explorations in Asia. One part boozy travelogue, one part sleazy comedic melodrama, Charlie forges an uncommon yet brutally honest path, stumbling his way into the long-term expat lifestyle, with frequent forays into the dark underbelly of Asian society. Christian Adams weaves an addictive storyline with conversational prose.

Darkly funny, brutally honest, and deeply human, Year of the Rabbit is the third book in the Lunar New Years series—a memoir of recklessness, redemption, and what it means to stop searching and start living. For three years, Charlie Birch has been running amok in Asia, thriving on uncertainty, skimming the surface and plumbing the depths of life. Perhaps he has convinced himself that movement equals progress. But he's reached the end of a road. The sex, drugs, and half-truths he told himself—they've all led here, to a moment where the past can't be ignored, and the future finally demands an answer. Year of the Rabbit is the raw, unfiltered story of a man on the edge of transformation. As Charlie stumbles through the streets of Taipei, unearths long-buried secrets about his adoption, and meets the woman who may change everything, he must face the truth he's spent a lifetime avoiding: you can't outrun yourself forever.

The final chapter in the Lunar New Years series—a candid, unforgettable farewell to the long road behind.Charlie Birch never planned to stay in Asia, but here he is—older, wiser, and maybe finally ready to stop running from himself. Year of the Dragon & Everything After brings the Lunar New Years saga to a close with a powerful story of fatherhood, identity, and the emotional wreckage of personal truth. Charlie is no longer just a reckless expat—he's a husband, a father, and a man confronted by the ghosts of his past. As he chases freelance gigs and dodges burnout in Taipei, the arrival of his firstborn son sends shockwaves through his carefully controlled chaos. As the relationship with his Taiwanese benefactor, Captain Felix, begins to sour, Charlie looks for a way out. But it's an unexpected letter from the Illinois Department of Public Health that truly upends everything. Honest, darkly funny, profane, and deeply human, this is Charlie's most vulnerable story yet. If Year of the Rat was an escape, Year of the Dragon is a homecoming. Fans of memoirs by Hunter S. Thompson, Cheryl Strayed, and Augusten Burroughs will appreciate the grit and grace of this moving conclusion.