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Title: marvellous read but ...
Review: I salute Tash Aw for a great debut and I look forward to his next book. Being a Malaysian I am proud of his effort and wish him all the best. All the same, the book leaves me puzzled, perhaps he means the reader to unravel everything himself or am I reading too much into it. For example, the description of skin colours of Jasper, Johnny, Snow, Kunichika, Peter just seems a little too much, therefore I'm wondering if he's hinting about Jasper's identity in all this. And I still don't know how and why Peter betrayed Johnny when they were such good friends before the war. What was the secret that he told Kunichika about Johnny that he didn't already know (that Johnny was a communist). Peter's betrayal so consumed him that he never met with Johnny again. Was running away to Singapore Peter's betrayal when he had given his promise to Johnny that he would take care of Snow? Any enlightenment anyone?Stella
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