Eng, Tan Twan

It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are...

The International BestsellerWinner of the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction 2013Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012Shortlisted for the 2014 International IMPAC...

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEPenang, 1939. Sixteen-year-old Philip Hutton is a loner. Half English, half Chinese and feeling neither, he discovers a sense of belonging in an unexpected friendship...