The Night Tiger by YangSze Choo (The New York Times Best Seller & The Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick)

Product Description

A captivating and magical story set in 1930s Malaysia about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy who are brought together by a series of unexplained deaths and an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers.

They say a tiger that devours too many humans can take the form of a man and walk among us...

In 1930s colonial Malaya, a dissolute British doctor receives a surprise gift of an eleven-year-old Chinese houseboy. Sent as a bequest from an old friend, young Ren has a mission: to find his dead master's severed finger and reunite it with his body. Ren has forty-nine days, or else his master's soul will roam the earth forever.

Ji Lin, an apprentice dressmaker, moonlights as a dancehall girl to pay her mother's debts. One night, Ji Lin's dance partner leaves her with a gruesome souvenir that leads her on a crooked, dark trail.

As time runs out for Ren's mission, a series of unexplained deaths occur amid rumours of tigers who turn into men. In their journey to keep a promise and discover the truth, Ren and Ji Lin's paths will cross in ways they will never forget.

Captivating and lushly written, The Night Tiger explores the rich world of servants and masters, ancient superstition and modern ambition, sibling rivalry and unexpected love. Woven through with Chinese folklore and a tantalizing mystery, this novel is a page-turner of the highest order.

Review

Mazey, bewildering, and absolutely brilliant - I loved it (Natasha Pulley, author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street)

An irresistible page-turner (Saga)

A fascinating and exotic world where perception and truth can be interpreted in many ways (Daily Mail)

An exuberant medley of magic, romance and weirdness (The Times)

[A] highly imaginative and a spellbinding read (Woman's Weekly)

Takes the reader on a vivid journey through 30s Malaysia (Independent)

Takes the reader on a vivid journey through 1930s Malaysia... a beautifully written, twisty tale (Sunday Post)

Choo is a thrilling writer, evoking high emotion, gripping suspense, and an exquisite sense of time and place with her lyrical, sensual writing and her powerful evocation of the soaring, sizzling landscape(Lancashire Post)

Takes the reader on a vivid journey through 1930s Malaysia (Woman's Way)

This coming-of-age mystery is beautifully written with lush descriptions, characters suffused with the surreal, and a multi layered plot (Historical Novel Society)

Product details

    Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quercus (12 February 2019)
    Language ‏ : ‎ English
    Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
    ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1787470466
    ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1787470460
    Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 kg 50 g
    Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.4 x 3.8 x 23.4 cm
    Customer Reviews: 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 9,788 ratings

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