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A simple man in a changing Malaysia murders a migrant worker from Bangladesh, and gives the confession of the life that has led up to this crime over several days to a local journalist, in a portrait of a criminal's relationship to morality in the tradition of Camus and Houellebecq. Published alongside rejacketed versions of Aw's back catalogue.
About the author
Tash Aw was born in Taipei to Malaysian parents. He grew up in Kuala Lumpur before moving to Britain to attend university. He is the author of three critically acclaimed novels ¿ The Harmony Silk Factory (2005), which won the Whitbread First Novel Award and a regional Commonwealth Writers¿ Prize; Map of the Invisible World (2009) and Five Star Billionaire (2013) ¿ and a work of non-fiction, The Face: Strangers on a Pier (2016), finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. His novels have twice been longlisted for the MAN Booker prize and been translated into 23 languages.
His work has won an O. Henry Prize and been published in The New Yorker, the London Review of Books, A Public Space and the landmark Granta 100, amongst others. He is also a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.
Summary
A murderer’s confession – devastating, unblinking, poignant, unforgettable – which reveals a story of class, education and the inescapable workings of destiny.
