Posted on 14/10/06
Wild about Harry
Empress of AsiaBy Adam Lewis SchroederRaincoast, 409 pages, $29.95What a book!Empress of Asia, Adam Lewis Schroeder's first novel after his successful short-story collection, Kingdom of Monkeys, is a surefire winner. It's got historical relevance (it's set during the Japanese invasion of Singapore in the Second World War), dramatic suffering (Japanese internment camps, where the Australians, British and others waited to die or be freed), a love story (Lily Brown and Harry Winslow meet and marry in less than 24 hours) and a terrifically funny but dark and confused narrator, who takes the reader on a whirlwind adventure. This is a compelling, heartbreaking and witty book that will stay with you long after you've put it down.
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