Détails du livre
Format
Broché
Pages
192
Langue
Anglais
Publié
Jan 1, 2011
Éditeur
Hamish Hamilton
ISBN-10
0241950570
ISBN-13
9780241950579
Description
Spencer Savage, a young American consul, is posted to Ayer Hitam, a small Malaysian town, in the 1970s. Told to close down this remote outpost in the sweltering jungle, he instead finds himself drawn to the many characters he meets among the Malays, Indians, Japanese, Chinese, and the clubbable expat Brits. Through his eyes we see the rich tapestry of multi-ethnic life in post-colonial Malaysia, from adultery to murder, from ghost stories to the murky waters of diplomatic politics. It is a brilliant portrait of a vanished time, a lost landscape and scattered people.
Genres
Manga