Emily’s everyday life is shattered when a strange woman knocks at her door, begging for her help as a frightening meteor descends from the sky. In an instant, she’s whisked away to the mysterious ...
From Africa, 1947, Lesley is transported back to Penang, 1921, and a visit from the writer Somerset Maugham, in Tan Twan Eng's novel of love and betrayal under the shadow of Empire.