The Accidental Malay

A sharply observed, elegantly crafted culture-clash state-of-the-nation drama that is not only witty but heartfelt.

Epigram Book Fiction Prize Judges

Desire, religion and politics collide in this delicious debut . . . Slick, sharp and full of the frustrations and joys of modern urban Malaysia

Tash Aw, author of We, The Survivors

A deeply nuanced study in the sometimes suffocating intertwining of race and religion for Malay-Muslims.

Suffian Hakim, author of Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher