Adolph Ng, a Chinese hotelier in Danu, feels like an outsider. But when Danu is invaded by the neighbouring ‘Malais’, Ng reveals that what he is chiefly is a survivor. He shows a remarkable ability to switch allegiances, and learns that to live he is equally prepared to befriend or to betray. With heroism, courage and loyalty in evidence all around him, Ng sticks fast to his receipe for self preservation. In this, his fourth novel, Timothy Mo brillantly depicts all the stench and horror of guerilla warfare and the waste of human suffering.
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