The Accidental Malay

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by Robles Bahrin, Karina | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published 15/08/2024 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom Paperback | 320 pages196 x 130 x 23mm | 224gWinner of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize‘Slick, sharp . . . a joy to read’ Tash AwJasmine 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 Show more