Nancy Jooyoun Kim’s debut, ‘The Last Story of Mina Lee’ is part detective novel, part cultural history.
It might be tired if produced now, but the 1987 Merchant-Ivory adaptation of E.M. Forster’s gay novel — published posthumously — was way ahead of its time.
Oakland, Ca. It is a city whose past tangibly lingers even as it continues to change. Fresh graffiti can be seen on the old…