MONKEY KING MAKES HAVOC IN HEAVEN

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksWu Chengens 16th-century novel Journey to the West is widely regarded as one of the most important Chinese novels ever written. Here in Julia Lovells witty and charismatic translation we meet one of its heroes: Sun Wukong or Monkey King whose powers include shape-shifting immortality and being incredibly rude. Though he rises to a position of power in the heavenly bureaucracy Monkey Kings arrogant exploits attract the attention of the Buddha with very unfortunate consequences.