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A brilliant novel from a genuinely exciting new voice in British fiction. A novel for anyone who enjoyed The English Patient. Set in Malaysia in the 1930s and 40s, with the rumbling of the Second World War in the background and the Japanese about to invade, The Harmony Silk Factory is the... read more
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First Sentence edit
The Harmony Silk Factory is the name of the shop house my father bought in 1942 as a front for his illegal businesses.
Table of Contents edit
Part I Johnny
1. Introduction
2. The True Story of the Infamous Chinaman Called Johnny (Early Years)
3. The Kinta Valley
4. How the Infamous Johnny Became a Communist - and Other Things
5. Johnny and the Tiger
6. Three Stars
7. Snow
8. How Johnny Became a God - In the Eyes of Some
9. The End
10. Conclusion
Part Two 1941
Part Three The Garden
Awards edit
- Whitbread Book Award (2005: First Novel)
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (2006: South East Asia and Pacific)
- Man Booker Prize (Finalist, 2005, Longlist)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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