The Night Tiger

By Yangsze Choo

Categories: Literature & Fiction

The Night Tiger is Yangsze Choo's novel set in 1930s colonial Malaya, blending mystery and folklore. Ren, an 11-year-old houseboy, has 49 days to find the severed finger of his dead master and bury it with him. Ji Lin, a young dressmaker working secretly as a dancehall girl, comes across the finger by chance. Their paths cross amid rumors of men turning into tigers. The novel draws on Chinese and Malay legends.

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