The Earnest Mask Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science Fiction there must be darkness—and so

there must be darkness—and so there was also the Iskari

the absurd and the magical

bas relief

Jessica and Atul are in real danger

personal account of life in the colony of Singapore during its belle epoch

The Earnest Mask Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science Fiction there must be darkness—and sotranslated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li chun Lin In this Singapore Literature Prize winning collection of stories, an aging Japanese ex soldier, ignorant about the horrors of the Japanese Occupation, returns to Singapore for a nostalgic visit; a young boys sole contact with his father consists of a weekly meeting at McDonalds; and a hopeful employee tries to win over his tumour stricken boss with traditional Chinese medicine. Set against the