During the first half of 20th century, the British ruled Malaya with an unhealthy blend of devout surburban aspiration of the traditional Home Counties variety and extreme cruelty to the native population, something far from the love-hate relationship that characterised the European in India. Petty, hypocritical and generally terribly unhappy, the British never counted Malaya as home, and spent their time wishing they weren't there and behaving as if they weren't. Into this world of race hatreds came Ethel Proudlock, and on Sunday 23rd April 1911, after attending Mass, she drove home and killed her lover. Author, Eric Lawlor travels to Malaya to discover whether real-life is stranger than fiction.
- ISBN10 0708992439
- ISBN13 9780708992432
- Publish Date 1 May 2001 (first published 1 February 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 February 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher F A Thorpe (Publishers)
- Imprint Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 302
- Language English