Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2020 Bundle
- How the Man in Green Saved Pahang, and Possibly the World
- The Fisherman King
- A Good True Thai
- The Java Enigma
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WinnerĀ of theĀ 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
Look inside the bookWhen a renegade prophet vanishes in a cloud of pigeons in Kuala Lumpur, chorister and first witness Gabriel finds himself press-ganged into a wild road trip down the Malaysian coast. Meanwhile, in a sleepy town by the sea, Lydia traces the links between her late grandauntās eccentric lover and her involvement in the Communist Emergency. As Lydia and Gabriel enter a shadowy mythology of serpents, Sufi saints and plainclothes gods, they must grapple with the theologies and histories they once trusted, in a country more perilously punk than theyād ever conceived of.Ā
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Finalist for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
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Eight years ago, Lisan the fisherman, who has always believed he was descended from royalty, left his wife and the Water Village. Now heās back, and he says he can prove it. Six hundred years ago, a forbidden relationship between the royal children of Brunei set into motion a chain of events that will end with the death of a king...or the death of a god. As the story of Lisanās true intentions ā and what he was really doing in those years away ā unravels, the story of those doomed royal children also spins to its inevitable conclusion. -
Finalist for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
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In 1970s Thailand, three young people meet each other with fateful results.
Det has just lost his mother, the granddaughter of a king. He clings to his best friend Chang, a smart boy from the slums, as they go to college. While there, Det falls for Lek, a Chinese immigrant with radical ideals. Longing for glory, Det journeys into his friendsā political circles, and then into the Thai jungle to fight. During Thailandās most famous period of political and artistic openness, these three friends must reconcile their deep feelings for one another with the realities of perilous political revolution. -
Finalist for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
Look inside the bookĀ
After missing her fatherās funeral, Irin Omar finds her orderly librarian life with the Borobudur restoration project turned upside down as she inherits a safe deposit box containing an unknown item as part of her fatherās will. Chasing answers across Asia and Europe, her historical knowledge and love for her father persists as she tries to uncover some of the archipelagoās biggest hidden secrets while discovering a few familial skeletons of her own.
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- How the Man in Green Saved Pahang, and Possibly the World
- The Fisherman King
- A Good True Thai
- The Java Enigma
-
WinnerĀ of theĀ 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
Look inside the bookWhen a renegade prophet vanishes in a cloud of pigeons in Kuala Lumpur, chorister and first witness Gabriel finds himself press-ganged into a wild road trip down the Malaysian coast. Meanwhile, in a sleepy town by the sea, Lydia traces the links between her late grandauntās eccentric lover and her involvement in the Communist Emergency. As Lydia and Gabriel enter a shadowy mythology of serpents, Sufi saints and plainclothes gods, they must grapple with the theologies and histories they once trusted, in a country more perilously punk than theyād ever conceived of.Ā
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Finalist for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
Look inside the book
Eight years ago, Lisan the fisherman, who has always believed he was descended from royalty, left his wife and the Water Village. Now heās back, and he says he can prove it. Six hundred years ago, a forbidden relationship between the royal children of Brunei set into motion a chain of events that will end with the death of a king...or the death of a god. As the story of Lisanās true intentions ā and what he was really doing in those years away ā unravels, the story of those doomed royal children also spins to its inevitable conclusion. -
Finalist for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
Look inside the book
In 1970s Thailand, three young people meet each other with fateful results.
Det has just lost his mother, the granddaughter of a king. He clings to his best friend Chang, a smart boy from the slums, as they go to college. While there, Det falls for Lek, a Chinese immigrant with radical ideals. Longing for glory, Det journeys into his friendsā political circles, and then into the Thai jungle to fight. During Thailandās most famous period of political and artistic openness, these three friends must reconcile their deep feelings for one another with the realities of perilous political revolution. -
Finalist for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
Look inside the bookĀ
After missing her fatherās funeral, Irin Omar finds her orderly librarian life with the Borobudur restoration project turned upside down as she inherits a safe deposit box containing an unknown item as part of her fatherās will. Chasing answers across Asia and Europe, her historical knowledge and love for her father persists as she tries to uncover some of the archipelagoās biggest hidden secrets while discovering a few familial skeletons of her own.
