▁ ▁Writing ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁John ▁Leonard ▁called ▁the ▁nov ella ▁" per fect ▁Che ever ; ▁it ▁is ▁perfect , ▁period ." ▁ ▁John ▁Up di ke , ▁a ▁friend ▁of ▁Che ever , ▁preferred ▁it ▁to ▁Che ever ' s ▁novel ▁Fal con er , ▁and ▁remarked ▁on ▁the ▁theme ▁of ▁ice ▁sk ating , ▁which ▁he ▁called ▁his ▁" Word sw orth ian ▁hi ke " ▁and ▁his ▁" connection ▁with ▁element al ▁pur ity ▁and ▁the ▁awesome ▁depth s ▁above ▁and ▁below ". ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : American ▁nov ell as ▁Category : Work s ▁by ▁John ▁Che ever ▁Category : 1 9 8 2 ▁books <0x0A> </s> ▁Band ar ▁Mer u ▁R aya ▁( Ch inese : ▁ 美 <0xE9> <0x9C> <0xB2> 拉 也 ) ▁is ▁a ▁new ▁town ship ▁in ▁I po h , ▁Per ak , ▁Malays ia . ▁It ▁is ▁located ▁between ▁J el ap ang ▁and ▁Chem or . ▁ ▁The ▁town ship ▁includes ▁various ▁new ▁sh ops , ▁a ▁sho pping ▁m all , ▁a ▁bus ▁and ▁tax i ▁terminal , ▁and ▁the ▁Ten by ▁International ▁School . ▁Loc ated ▁across ▁the ▁North - S outh ▁Highway ▁from ▁J el ap ang , ▁Mer u ▁R aya ▁is ▁set ▁to ▁also ▁house ▁over ▁ 1 0 ▁government ▁buildings , ▁including ▁those ▁for ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Home ▁Affairs , ▁Per ak ▁Foundation , ▁Forest ry ▁Department , ▁National ▁Aud it ▁Department , ▁Malays ia ▁Anti - Cor ruption ▁Agency ,