The Long Day Wanes
Author | : Anthony Burgess |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393309436 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393309430 |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
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.