The Night Tiger by Yangsze ChooMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I felt like this was a small crash course on Malaysia in the 1950's--the food, culture, language, beliefs, traditions, industry, and attitudes about English colonialism. Then add a some magical realism, a mystery or two and an unusual romance. Perhaps it was a little over ambitious but I enjoyed the story and the characters and learned quite a bit about that part of the world (at least in that time period).
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A keramat animal is a sacred beast, a creature with the ability to come and go like a phantom, trampling sugarcane or raiding livestock with impunity. It's always distinguished by some peculiarity, such a missing tusk or a rare albino color. But the most common indicator is withered or maimed foot.
After all, weren't the Confucian Virtues supposed to describe the perfect man? A man who abandoned virtue lost his humanity and became no better than a beast.
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