The House of Doors

It was a pleasure to read and review on behalf of Buzz Magazine Malaysian novelist Tan Twan Eng’s second novel, the first of which was his 2012 book The Garden Of Evening Mists which won the Booker Prize. Have you read that? It’s now on my list after getting hooked on Twan Eng’s rhythmic, poetic prose.

You can read my full review in Buzz Magazine, and snippets below.

“In the prologue, we meet the widowed Lesley Hamlyn on a sheep farm in the South African veldt in 1947. Lesley accepts a delivery of an inscribed book, written by an old friend of her husbands who became a close confidant during his stay when the couple were living in the Straits Settlements of Penang. Flicking through, the writing immediately transports her 1921 Malaya. Thereafter, Twan Eng similarly transports the reader.

“[…] The House Of Doors has plenty of salacious, thrilling plot points in its arsenal – including a murder case, an illegal and passionate homosexual romance, and a revolutionary fighting to overthrow the Chinese dynasty.”

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