This unusual story is the first novel by Tash Aw. Set in Malaya around the 1940s, it concerns Johnny Lim, who rises from humble beginnings to a position of power and influence. He marries a woman called Snow, who dies giving birth to a son, Jasper. The first part is written by Jasper, who has a low opinion of Johnny;apparently he committed many terrible crimes. The second part is a diary kept by Snow before she died: in this we see a completely different picture. The final part, by their mutual friend Peter, makes everything clear at last.
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