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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 5 books in this booklist
£8.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781787470477 | ISBN 10: 1787470474
They say a tiger that devours too many humans can take the form of a man and walk among us... In 1930s colonial Malaya, a dissolute British doctor receives a surprise gift of an eleven-year-old Chinese houseboy. Sent as a bequest from an old ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781846276903 | ISBN 10: 184627690x
A portrait of Malaysian society in nine stories, by an author described by critics as 'the most accomplished Malaysian writer, full stop'. Lake Like a Mirror is a scintillating exploration of the lives of women buffeted by powers beyond the ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781782110187 | ISBN 10: 1782110186
The International Bestseller Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction 2013 Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012 "With ravishing sensuousness, it conjures up the lush landscapes and ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781846685484 | ISBN 10: 1846685486
A book of rare beauty: Ru is a lullaby of Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland. Ru: In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow - of tears, blood, and money. Kim Thuy's Ru is literature a ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780007271894 | ISBN 10: 0007271891
A spellbinding, exuberant first novel, set in Malaysia, that introduces us to a prosperous Indian immigrant family, as it slowly peels away its closely guarded secrets. When the family's servant girl, Chellam, is dismissed from the big house ... more
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