'Dream of the Red Chamber' judged 'Best Asian novel'
Updated: 2014-04-28 13:53
(chinadaily.com.cn)
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6. All About H Hatterr
G V Desani (1948)
The Telegraph: "It's the glorious mash-up of English and Indian colloquialism that makes this book, about the son of a European merchant and a Malayan lady, such a wild, whimsical delight. Anthony Burgess admired its 'creative chaos that grumbles at the restraining banks'."
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