Like Malaysia itself, this book is a melting pot of story settings and situations. Played out as satire, the action occurs mostly within one Malaysian community at the turn of this century and the second half of the previous one. High finance, the Japanese Occupation, family and work life combine with views from outsiders.
What brings unity to this varied collection is the author’s Jaffna Tamil community and its preoccupation with status (plus food and matrimony, of course). Crucially, there is also plenty of humour.
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