The Long Day Wanes

The Long Day Wanes
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 516
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ISBN-10 : 0393309436
ISBN-13 : 9780393309430
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Long Day Wanes by : Anthony Burgess

Download or read book The Long Day Wanes written by Anthony Burgess and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. A sweetly satiric look at the twilight days of colonialism.


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