Monkey King Makes Havoc in Heaven

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksWu Cheng´en´s 16th-century novel Journey to the West is widely regarded as one of the most important Chinese novels ever written. Here, in Julia Lovell´s 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 King´s arrogant exploits attract the attention of the Buddha – with very unfortunate consequences.