{"product_id":"the-malayan-trilogy","title":"Anthony Burgess: The Malayan Trilogy [1996] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Like all good comic writers Mr Burgess lives his creations as much as he writes them. First class'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Burgess was an officer in the Colonial Service. In \u003ci\u003eThe Malayan Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eTime for a Tiger, The Enemy in the Blanket\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeds in the East \u003c\/i\u003e- he satirises the dog days of colonialism. Victor Crabbe is a well meaning, ineffectual English man in the tropics, keen to teach the Malays what the West can do for them. Through Crabbe's rise and fall and a series of wonderfully colourful characters, Burgess lays bare racial and social prejudices of post-war Malaya during the upheaval of Independence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burgess, Anthony","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48863044731219,"sku":"XV80749395926","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/burgess-anthony-the-malayan-trilogy-xv80749395926-56756473725267.jpg?v=1728326479","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-malayan-trilogy","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}