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- Location(s): Florida, India, London, Malaysia (Malaya), Scotland
- Genre(s): Humour, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
As winter comes to London, journalist Mia Walker is desperately hoping for her big break as a travel writer, dreaming of exotic locations and sun-soaked beaches. When she’s invited to write a romantic travel piece that ends in a...
- Location(s): Pulau Sibu
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Pulau Kalah is a fictional island off the eastern coast of Malaysia. Inspired by Pulau Sibu near Tioman IT’S THE PERFECT ESCAPE… UNTIL THERE IS NO ESCAPE Welcome to Turtle Cove. A luxury resort surrounded by pristine sea and...
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
“I have just stumbled onto the nicest surprise” – Susan Abraham “an atmospheric novel with thought provoking themes” – Bookish Magpie “A good read” – Book Pleasures “For those who know me, giving a book a 5 is something...
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1920s / 1940s
Malaya, 1920: Two girls make a promise in the shadows of the jungle. A promise that life won’t let them easily keep. Malaya, 1941: Ella is running her late father’s tin mine in the Kledang hills, while Noor works...
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): WW2
A breathtaking and absorbing novel set in Malaya propelled by the superb storytelling instinct of the author of THE RICE MOTHER. Parvathi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and an arranged marriage to a wealthy businessman. But her father...
The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): post WW2
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...
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
This trilogy – “Time for a Tiger”, “The Enemy in the Blanket” and “Beds in the East” – relate the story of race relations in post-war Malaysia on the cusp of independence. Burgess had served in the colonial service, and...
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
When Australian Julie Reagan discovers a book written about wild Malaysia in the 1970s, she decides to find out more about the author – her great aunt. Why did her grandmother refuse to speak about her sister who disappeared...
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): pre and post 1957
It is the time for both apprehension and hope. The youthful narrator Ravi witnesses the change in a way of life and the end of a way of thinking. The story depicts the experiences of an immigrant community in...
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): around WW2
A compelling glimpse into a captivatingly exotic world of myth and magic. Beguiled by promises of wealth, fourteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and marriage to a man many years her senior. But Ayah has lied to...
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