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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 story of four people: Johnny, an infamous Chinaman -- a salesman, a fraudster, possibly a murderer -- whose shop house, The... (more)

Out in the Midday Sun: The British in Malaya 1880-1960

Out in the Midday Sun: The British in Malaya 1880-1960

by Margaret Shennan

The story of British Malaya, from the days of Victorian pioneers to the denouement of independence, is a momentous episode in Britain's colonial past. Through memoirs, letters and interviews, Margaret Shennan chronicles its halcyon years, the two World Wars, economic depression and diaspora, revealing the attitudes of the diverse quixotic characters of this now quite vanished world. The British came as... (more)

A Town Like Alice

by Nevil Shute

"A harrowing, exciting, and in the end very satisfying war romance." HARPER'S A TOWN LIKE ALICE tells of a young woman who miraculously survived a Japanese "death march" in World War II, and of an Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, who offered to help her--even at the cost of his life....

Malayan Trilogy

by Anthony Burgess

Murder on the Verandah

by Eric Lawlor

The Girl with the Cardboard Port

by Judith L. McNeil

The Golden Khersonese: Studies in the Historical Geography of the Malay Peninsula before A.D. 1500Paul Wheatley

The Golden Khersonese: Studies in the Historical Geography of the Malay Peninsula before A.D. 1500

by Paul Wheatley

Guests of the EmperorJanice Young-Brooks

Guests of the Emperor

by Janice Young-Brooks

Malayan geographies for todayG. E. D Lewis

Malayan geographies for today

by G. E. D Lewis

The long, long war;: The emergency in Malaya, 1948-1960Richard L Clutterbuck

The long, long war;: The emergency in Malaya, 1948-1960

by Richard L Clutterbuck

In pursuit of mountain rats: The Communist insurrection in MalayaAnthony Short

In pursuit of mountain rats: The Communist insurrection in Malaya

by Anthony Short

Stand Up Virgin Soldiers (Virgin Soldiers Trilogy 3)

Stand Up Virgin Soldiers (Virgin Soldiers Trilogy 3)

by Leslie Thomas

The worst has happened. On the eve of their return, Brigg and his fellow soldiers find themselves sentenced to another six months in Panglin Barracks.… Many of the surviving characters from The Virgin Soldiers live again in these pages and new characters emerge including Bernice Harrison, the nurse who threatens to replace Lucy in Brigg’s affections…

Virgin Soldiers, The (Virgin Soldiers Trilogy 1)

Virgin Soldiers, The (Virgin Soldiers Trilogy 1)

by Leslie Thomas

The Communist guerrilla war in Malaya kept a whole British army occupied . They were the virgin soldiers. Idle homesick, afraid, bored, oversexed and unsatisfied. A young virgin like Brigg had to grab his fun where he could in one frantic attempt at living before he died or got demobbed...

Onward Virgin Soldiers (Virgin Soldiers Trilogy 2)

Onward Virgin Soldiers (Virgin Soldiers Trilogy 2)

by Leslie Thomas

Bursting with life and bawdy humour, National Serviceman Brigg is now an army sergeant defending the Empire in the beds and bars of Hong Kong. Peace-time diversions include sensual fireworks with a pair of delicious Chinese twins and a tender, erotic affair with the lonely wife of an American serviceman.

And the Rain My Drink

by Han Suyin

A history of Malaya for schoolsMargery Morris

A history of Malaya for schools

by Margery Morris

Pirates of TarutaoPaul Adirex

Pirates of Tarutao

by Paul Adirex

The War of the Running Dogs: The Malayan Emergency 1948-1960

From the front flap: On June 16, 1848 three young Chinese communists entered the office of a large, remote rubber plantation, shot its veteran British manage, and calmly rode off into the jungle on their bicycles.

Kalimantaan

by C. S. Godshalk

The long day wanes;: A Malayan trilogy

by Anthony Burgess

A sweetly satiric look at the twilight days of colonialism. Set in postwar Malaya at the time when people and governments alike are bemused and dazzled by the turmoil of independence, this three-part novel is rich in hilarious comedy and razor-sharp in observation. The protagonist of the work is Victor Crabbe, a teacher in a multiracial school in a squalid village, who moves upward in position as he and... (more)

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by Margaret Shennan

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by G. E. D Lewis

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