| Second novel from Tan Twan Eng, acclaimed writer of The Gift of Rain- over 60,000 copies sold. The Garden of Evening Mists has the same sumptuous style and exotic imagery so beloved by readers and critics alike, and deals with Malaysia's turbulent road to independence, a time of insurrection and uncertainty and terror. |
JIM REAPERstarted to plan murder as thousands began to die in
a natural disaster that almost killed the world.
He had become a man of routine and habit. He still
bought The Independent, as a sign of his social leanings and
pretensions. He had bought the paper when Margaret was
alive. The Independent for him, the Mirror for her. His and
her papers, reflecting his and her intellects. Except that he
had preferred to read the Mirror first, for the shorthand
version of national and world events, and the sports pages. |
