Karina Robles Bahrin The Accidental Malay Paperback Book

Winner of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize&lsquoSlick, sharp . . . a joy to read&rsquo Tash Aw, author of Five Star BillionaireJasmine Leong is the heiress apparent to Phoenix, her family&rsquos billionringgit company known especially for its pork snacks. When her grandmother, the great Madame Leong, unexpectedly passes away, Jasmine discovers she is actually a Malay Muslim and this newfound identity threatens to upend her life and ambitions. Finding herself at the centre of a political controversy, and caught between two men who love her, Karina Robles Bahrins The Accidental Malay examines the human cost of a country&rsquos racial policies and paints a portrait of a woman unwilling to accept the fate history has designated for her. A novel both generous and scathing both honest and nuanced both grounded in human emotion and engaged with history and politics Preeta Samarasan, author of Evening Is the Whole Day | Karina Robles Bahrin The Accidental Malay Paperback Book