As the son of a bureaucrat in Singapore, Bryan Lockhart was raised within society that cherished conformity to social norms and service above all else. It is a culture which has no place for someone who is unable to answer the question; 'What am I, a boy or a girl ' one Bryan is unable to. At age 14 Bryan turns to Madam Leu, a Chinese woman who caters to the eclectic needs of pre-war Singapore. She introduces him to a Malay transsexual. While the two outcasts form a friendship that transcends race and class, Madam Leu draws Bryan into a world in which men of wealth pay well to satisfy their desires. When this is discovered, Bryan is exiled to a boarding school in England. In time, Bryan takes an assignment in Australia where he seeks to begin a new life for himself. The coming of war and the posting of Bryan's unit to Singapore leads to a very different conflict as he follows a path that puts him at odds with the society he must defend and tests his loyalty to his fellow officers.
- ISBN10 1257469797
- ISBN13 9781257469796
- Publish Date 20 June 2011
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 May 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook (OEB)
- Language English