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The Gift of Rain - Tan Twan Eng
The Gift of Rain
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Penang, 1939. Sixteen-year-old Philip Hutton is a loner. Half English, half Chinese and feeling neither, he discovers a sense of belonging in an unexpected friendship with Hayato Endo, a Japanese diplomat. Philip shows his new friend around his adored island of Penang, and in return Endo trains... show more
Penang, 1939. Sixteen-year-old Philip Hutton is a loner. Half English, half Chinese and feeling neither, he discovers a sense of belonging in an unexpected friendship with Hayato Endo, a Japanese diplomat. Philip shows his new friend around his adored island of Penang, and in return Endo trains him in the art and discipline of aikido. But such knowledge comes at a terrible
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Myrmidon Books Ltd
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
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BrokenTune
BrokenTune rated it
0.0 The Gift of Rain
DNF. I tried about 75 pages of this over the last week and it is not doing anything for me for the following reasons: 1. This is a slow-build of a novel at a time when I am not in the mood for a slow-paced, potentially over-written story. 2. Although the story is set in Penang and I have an i...
Book it Chewie
Book it Chewie rated it
4.5
Honestly, this is a difficult one for me to write about. I know it won't be some people's cup of tea - it's slow-paced, a little confusing at times, set in a first-person PoV, and isn't afraid of exposition. But I loved it. It was just a good read that I thoroughly enjoyed from cover to cover, esp...
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