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The Accidental Malay
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The Accidental Malay
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Publisher's Summary
Winner of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize
‘Slick, sharp . . . a joy to read’ Tash Aw
Jasmine Leong is the heiress apparent to Phoenix, her family’s billion-ringgit company known especially for its pork snacks. When her grandmother, the great Madame Leong, unexpectedly passes away, Jasmine discovers she is actually a Malay Muslim and this newfound identity threatens to upend her life and ambitions.
Finding herself at the centre of a political controversy, and caught between two men who love her, The Accidental Malay examines the human cost of a country’s racial policies and paints a portrait of a woman unwilling to accept the fate history has designated for her.
'A novel both generous and scathing; both honest and nuanced; both grounded in human emotion and engaged with history and politics' Preeta Samarasan, author of Evening Is the Whole Day
Critic Reviews
'A sharply observed, elegantly crafted culture-clash state-of-the-nation drama that is not only witty but heartfelt.' (Epigram Book Fiction Prize Judges)
'A deeply nuanced study in the sometimes suffocating intertwining of race and religion for Malay-Muslims.' (Suffian Hakim, author of Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher)
'Braving the intersections and contradictions of race, class and gender, one woman’s private campaign for self- definition becomes a search for love amidst corporate manoeuvrings, familial pressures and the challenging complexities of her country’s cultural politics.' (Cyril Wong, author of This Side of Heaven)
