β Scribed by Timothy Mo
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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Hardcover, 408 pages
Published 1991
source: Chatto & Windus edition
Callil-Toibin 200 Best Novels (1950-1999)
The story, shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, represents an account of a post-colonial disaster.
Set in the fictitious country of Danu in Southeast Asia, which is based on East Timor. It is narrated by Adolph Ng, an ethnic Chinese businessman educated in Canada. An Indonesian island is hastily given independence, and a Chinese-educated homosexual who was born on the island returns from his Canadian university to find his life radically altered.
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