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Though a novel in the Western sense it also employs features of Chinese classical fiction in terms of intriguing subplots, use of dreams and poetry and scenes of heightened reality. Annals of the Purple City, with its rich erotic, political and mystical undertones, will appeal to all with interest in the intersection of the Asian and Western worlds.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51143696187665,"sku":"NIN9789745241299","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52456309227793,"sku":"NLS9789745241299","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9745241296.jpg?v=1750872404"},{"product_id":"malayan-life-of-ferdach-o-haney-book-frederick-lees-9789810823825","title":"The Malayan Life of Ferdach O'Haney","description":"It is 1950 and the Federation of Malaya is in the throes of the Malayan Emergency. British, Australian and New Zealand troops are struggling to defeat the communist terrorists, and the colonial British are having to deal with rising nationalism in the colony.Ferdach O'Haney arrives in Malaya as a young Anglo-Irish man to serve the Federation government, and he is plunged into the nitty-gritty of Malayan Emergency duties in the New Villages and in the communist-occupied jungles of Perak. Gregarious and bisexual, O'Haney is equally at home in the brothels of Penang and in Singapore's sleazy Bugis Street as he is in the corridors of British intelligence at Phoenix Park in Singapore and in the manicured grounds of King's House and Carcosa in Kuala Lumpur. He befriends communist terrorists and nationalist sympathisers, experiences the bloody Maria Hertogh race riots, and comes up against prejudiced colonial administrators. O'Haney meets General Briggs and Chin Peng, the leader of the communist guerrillas, and he reveals new information about the assassination of Sir Henry Gurney.The Malayan Life of Ferdach O'Haney is a fictionalised account of the author Frederick Lees own experiences in 1950s Malaya.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51777962049809,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51777962082577,"sku":"GOR003971084","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53363994263825,"sku":"GOR005909187","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9789810823825.jpg?v=1751800084"},{"product_id":"first-lady-book-frederick-lees-9789745241466","title":"The First Lady","description":"The corrupt and despotic rule of Antonio Floresco, longtime dictator of the Carolines, seems finally to be unraveling. The economy is in shambles, the people have been reduced to desperate poverty, a communist insurgency is rapidly making gains in the countryside. Even the Church has turned its back on the regime. Meanwhile, scheming members of the aristocracy, as well as Floresco's most trusted cabinet ministers and sinister forces from abroad, actively plot the downfall of this brilliant and still charismatic, if deeply flawed, leader. His only remaining allies seem to be his Oxford-educated daughter, Conchita, and his wife, the First Lady. History, though, has demonstrated that if there is one creature more venal, ambitious and self-serving than a despotic ruler it is likely to be the despot's consort. And the First Lady of the Carolines is no exception to the rule. In the midst of this explosive mixture, Conchita has fallen in love with the wealthy nephew of one of Floresco's most vocal critics. 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