AND THE RAIN MY DRINK, 1956
HAN SUYIN (RM 39.90)

Set in British Malaya during the anti-communist ‘Emergency’ period, Han Suyin’s novel skilfully recreates the interplay involving the Chinese terrorists, British police, Malay Muslims and assorted other groups in the polyglot society of the peninsula. Credibly dealing with each of these cultures, the story follows Ah Mei from her capture with a grenade in her hand, through prison, and finally into a car heading towards the Causeway for a honeymoon in Singapore. This is a fictional tale of our own Malaysia, it presents itself as an extensively- researched novel about the Emergency period in Malaysia. It draws you into the very shoes of the protagonist and lives the life of the era.