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The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy

Anthony Burgess

4/5 ( ratings)

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 and razor-sharp in observation. The protagonist of the work is Victor Crabbe, a teacher in a multiracial school in a squalid village, who moves upward in position as he and his wife maintain a steady decadent progress backward.

Language: English

Pages: 514

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: February 17, 1993

ISBN: 0393309436

ISBN 13: 9780393309430

The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy

Anthony Burgess

4/5 ( ratings)

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 and razor-sharp in observation. The protagonist of the work is Victor Crabbe, a teacher in a multiracial school in a squalid village, who moves upward in position as he and his wife maintain a steady decadent progress backward.

Language: English

Pages: 514

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: February 17, 1993

ISBN: 0393309436

ISBN 13: 9780393309430

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