In 1995, Hua Hsu, an introvert, moved into Unit 3 at UC Berkeley and became fast friends with dormmate Ken, an extroverted popular frat guy.
Hsu, now a staff writer at The New Yorker and professor of English at Bard College, focuses on their friendship in his memoir Stay True, which has been named one of the best books of 2022 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time magazine, The Atlantic and other publications.
In July 1998, as Hua and Ken were heading into their senior year, Ken threw a housewarming party for his new apartment at Fulton and Channing Way. He disappeared from the party at 3:30 am. Hours later, Ken was discovered dead, face down in an alleyway in Vallejo with a bullet in the back of his head with no ID.
Ken was 20.
A couple (and third person) were later arrested.
Hsu, now a staff writer at The New Yorker and professor of English at Bard College, focuses on their friendship in his memoir Stay True, which has been named one of the best books of 2022 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time magazine, The Atlantic and other publications.
In July 1998, as Hua and Ken were heading into their senior year, Ken threw a housewarming party for his new apartment at Fulton and Channing Way. He disappeared from the party at 3:30 am. Hours later, Ken was discovered dead, face down in an alleyway in Vallejo with a bullet in the back of his head with no ID.
Ken was 20.
A couple (and third person) were later arrested.