"The Gift of Rain" author Eng sets his story in Malaya in 1951, following war camp survivor Yun Ling Teoh as she works as an apprentice to an enigmatic gardener who used to work for the emperor of Japan.
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Man Booker Prize: 6 nominees on the shortlist
These six novels made the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize. Which will win?
5. 'The Garden of Evening Mists,' by Tan Twan Eng
