Despite the frequent controversies surrounding him, Wang is widely considered to be one of China's most popular and easily recognizable authors, and has been applauded by literary critics.
With over 20 novels and 10 million copies in print, Wang's influence ranges from students to workers, and from drifters to intellectuals.
His satire is less of a direct confrontation with the Communist autocracy than it is a mockery of their lack of cool and a statement of utter indifference to any political or nationalistic correctness.
Chinese authorities have labelled Wang's works as being "vulgar" and "reactionary" culminating in a four volume collection being officially censored, and removed two TV series which he wrote.
[6] In his writing style, Wang has focused on the "living language" which is spoken by ordinary people in the street.