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The Gift of Rain.(Brief article)(Book review)
Set in Penang in the years just before and during the Second World War, this debut novel explores the consequences of love and duty. Philip Hutton, born to a British father and a Chinese mother, finds himself drawn to a mysterious Japanese diplomat and aikido master, and soon becomes his devoted student. But their friendship--described in romantic, even erotic terms--is called into question when the Japanese invade the island and Philip ...
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