An epic literary novel following three generations of one family from the chaotic upheaval of post-war Malaysia to Britain in the 1980s, by the talented young author of Sayonara Bar.

Dark themes of colonial misconduct, racial prejudice, and doomed love resonate throughout this novel, yet it is infused with characteristic humour and warmth. It opens in Malaysia during the 1950s Communist insurrection when a young English-man, Christopher, falls in love with a Chinese girl. The book then moves up to 1969 where Frances, Christopher’s Eurasian teenage daughter, is seduced by a Chinese teacher twice her age and drawn into the Malay-Chinese race riots in Kuala Lumpur.

The final part of the book takes us to 1990s London where Frances’ two mixed-race children live with their grandfather on a council estate and embark on a quest to discover the truth behind their mother’s death.