Silent Army
- New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1953
New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1953. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); red boards titled in black on spine; dustjacket; [vi],259,[3]pp. Light wear to spine ends, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), lightly edgeworn and dust-soiled, with light foxing to flaps, and a few very faint damp marks evident on verso; Very Good+.
A novel centered around the Japanese occupation of Malaysia during World War II. The author, who is of Malaysian-Chinese descent, has "drawn on [his] personal experience of life under the Japanese reign of terror to recreate in his characters the dazed reaction of the people, first to the terrible speed of the Japanese advance, and later to the displays of inhuman brutality that he know at first hand" (from front flap). 87010.
A novel centered around the Japanese occupation of Malaysia during World War II. The author, who is of Malaysian-Chinese descent, has "drawn on [his] personal experience of life under the Japanese reign of terror to recreate in his characters the dazed reaction of the people, first to the terrible speed of the Japanese advance, and later to the displays of inhuman brutality that he know at first hand" (from front flap). 87010.