London. 4th Estate. 2020. Reprint. 326pp, 19.7 x 12.8cm. Paperback. "A murderer's confession - devastating, unblinking, poignant, unforgettable - which reveals a story of class, education and the inescapable workings of destiny. Ah Hock is an ordinary, uneducated man born in a Malaysian fishing village and now trying to make..... More
Kuala Lumpur. Oxford University Press. 1993. xviii + 225pp, paperback. "One of the most able and distinguished administrators ever to come to Malaya, Hugh Clifford was also a gifted writer. he was at the susceptible age of seventeen when he first arrived in the country and both his early sympathies..... More
Sydney. Allen & Unwin. 2000. xviii + 492pp, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. "Writing a New Society is the first extended study of the novel in Malay and is a groundbreaking study of the relationship between social change and literary practice. The book traces the emergence of the genre from..... More
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2011. ix + 281 pages, index, bibliography, notes, dustjacket. This study analyzes an important feature in English-language Malaysian fiction that has been considerably neglected in scholarship - the theme of religion. Through interrogating this theme, the multilayered textures of cultural memories that are infused..... More