Tales from the Court and other stories is the first book by Matthew Thomas and the second in the Silverfish Books’ Malaysian Literature in English. In this compendium of short stories, the author, who is a keen student of human foibles, gives us a series of vignettes from the Kuala Lumpur of the 1950s. His characters come vividly to life: from Eddodes, the creative and legendary builder of castles in the air and Boniface ‘Birdie Boy’ Ratnayake, the aspirant judge, to Musso the exorcist, and Mike Kumar, the confidence trickster. In this book, all these characters talk to us. The author captures the very essence of their being and their cultures as they play their little games in life, made up of illusions, craftiness, ego, hope and aspirations.
Tales from the Court and other stories
LiteratureMatthew Thomas
2008. Silverfish Books
Softcover, 20.9 cm x 14.3 cm, 176 pages
ISBN: 9789833221219
RM36.00
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