The Gift Of Rain: A Historical Fiction Set In Wartime Malaya – Tan Twan Eng – Canongate Isbn 9781838858346

Description

The first novel from the internationally bestselling, Booker-shortlisted author of The Garden of Evening Mists.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

Penang, 1939. Being half Chinese and half English, Philip Hutton always felt like he never belonged. That is until he befriends Hayato Endo, a mysterious Japanese diplomat and master in the art of aikido. But when Japan invades Malaya, Philip realises Endo bears a secret, one powerful enough to jeopardise everything he loves.

This masterful debut conjures an unforgettable tale of courage, brutality, loyalty, deceit and love.

‘Thoughtful, evocative, undoubtedly provocative’ – Guardian

About the Author

Tan Twan Eng was born in Penang, Malaysia. His debut novel The Gift of Rain was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007 and has been widely translated. The Garden of Evening Mists won the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 and the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012 and the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He divides his time between Kuala Lumpur and Cape Town.

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