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
London. Canongate. 2019. Reprint. 352pp. Paperback. "In the highlands of Malaya, a woman sets out to build a memorial to her sister, killed at the hands of the Japanese during the brutal Occupation of their country. Yun Ling's quest leads her to The Garden of Evening Mists, and to Aritomo..... 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