Long road to merdeka
by Kamarul Zaman Ariff

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Started reading 8 July 2007
Finished reading 18 July 2007

Life in a village from the viewpoint of a boy who lost his father when he was still a baby. His involvement with the daily routine of a village until the time he goes to school at the nearest town. The backdrop is the years leading towards the Malayan independence. The story is written in a matter of fact style. It tends to be dull as it is more of descriptions of the events that took place. But the author tries to capture the atmosphere of the countryside during the 1950s. He highlights the major events such as the Emergency and the campaign towards independence. There is a saccharine sweet after taste in his story telling.