Man of Malaysia
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Get the E-bookĀ Ā Listen to the audiobookIn this revealing sequel to his bestselling autobiography Son of Singapore, Tan Kok Seng finds himself in Malaysia as a British diplomatās chauffeur. While driving luminaries like author Han Suyin around, Tan falls in love with Heung, a servant girl with dark brown eyes. Despite parental objections, they marry and have a child in secret.
When he is laid off, Tanās comfortable life suddenly collapses. To support his family, he must take on a variety of jobs, including working as a soap salesman, egg seller and extra on a William Holden film, manoeuvring through unethical bosses, corrupt policemen and violent villagers. As much a timeless account of an enterprising spirit as a travelogue through 1960s Southeast Asia, Man of Malaysia entertains and inspires while telling of a life fully lived.
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āTan Kok Seng epitomises the resilient spirit of a young nation. [He] is to be congratulated for a very sincere and frank autobiography.ā
āThe Straits Echo (Malaysia)āā¦adopting the same successful formula of his first book [Son of Singapore]ā¦in simple yet sensitive language, he relates without any pretension a decade of his life.ā
āThe New Nation (Singapore)āThis extremely lively text is more than a simple autobiographyā¦it tells us about some of the social aspects of the present life of the Chinese in Malaysia.ā
āArchipel (France) -
Tan Kok SengĀ is the well-known author of a trilogy of books based on his life:Ā Son of Singapore,Ā Man of MalaysiaĀ andĀ Eye on the World. His fourth book is a novel,Ā Three Sisters of Sze, originally published by Heinemann Asia in 1979.
Tanās books were all written first in Chinese and afterwards ārendered into Englishā in a collaborative effort with his former employer, Austin Coates, for whom Tan worked in Malaysia and Hong Kong. Although his four books were reprinted several times since their first publication, they were out of print for many years. The books are now available from Epigram Books.
Tan resides in Singapore with his family.
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- Description
- Praise
- About the Author
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Look inside the book
Get the E-bookĀ Ā Listen to the audiobookIn this revealing sequel to his bestselling autobiography Son of Singapore, Tan Kok Seng finds himself in Malaysia as a British diplomatās chauffeur. While driving luminaries like author Han Suyin around, Tan falls in love with Heung, a servant girl with dark brown eyes. Despite parental objections, they marry and have a child in secret.
When he is laid off, Tanās comfortable life suddenly collapses. To support his family, he must take on a variety of jobs, including working as a soap salesman, egg seller and extra on a William Holden film, manoeuvring through unethical bosses, corrupt policemen and violent villagers. As much a timeless account of an enterprising spirit as a travelogue through 1960s Southeast Asia, Man of Malaysia entertains and inspires while telling of a life fully lived.
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āTan Kok Seng epitomises the resilient spirit of a young nation. [He] is to be congratulated for a very sincere and frank autobiography.ā
āThe Straits Echo (Malaysia)āā¦adopting the same successful formula of his first book [Son of Singapore]ā¦in simple yet sensitive language, he relates without any pretension a decade of his life.ā
āThe New Nation (Singapore)āThis extremely lively text is more than a simple autobiographyā¦it tells us about some of the social aspects of the present life of the Chinese in Malaysia.ā
āArchipel (France) -
Tan Kok SengĀ is the well-known author of a trilogy of books based on his life:Ā Son of Singapore,Ā Man of MalaysiaĀ andĀ Eye on the World. His fourth book is a novel,Ā Three Sisters of Sze, originally published by Heinemann Asia in 1979.
Tanās books were all written first in Chinese and afterwards ārendered into Englishā in a collaborative effort with his former employer, Austin Coates, for whom Tan worked in Malaysia and Hong Kong. Although his four books were reprinted several times since their first publication, they were out of print for many years. The books are now available from Epigram Books.
Tan resides in Singapore with his family.
