- Psychological fiction, Fiction, Historical fiction, Malaysia -- Fiction
This novel juxtaposes three accounts of the life of an enigmatic man at a pivotal and haunting moment in Malaysian history. The author slices his first novel into three segments, wherein three characters dissect the nature of Johnny Lim, a controversial figure in 1940s Malaysia.
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- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Tash Aw
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- Salamandra, Riverhead Books, Zondervan
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780007791231
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