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.
| ISBN: | 9780393309430 |
| Publication date: | 4th February 1993 |
| Author: | Anthony Burgess |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 514 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |