The Redundancy of Courage

The Redundancy of Courage
Authors
Timothy Mo
Publisher
Unknown
Tags
literature
Date
1991-03-03T00:00:00+00:00
Size
2.18 MB
Lang
en
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Hardcover, 408 pages

Published 1991

source: Chatto Windus edition

Callil-Toibin 200 Best Novels (1950-1999)

The story, shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, represents an account of a post-colonial disaster.

Set in the fictitious country of Danu in Southeast Asia, which is based on East Timor. It is narrated by Adolph Ng, an ethnic Chinese businessman educated in Canada. An Indonesian island is hastily given independence, and a Chinese-educated homosexual who was born on the island returns from his Canadian university to find his life radically altered.