The Java Man
Author: Jamie James
Publisher: Metafor Publishing, Jakarta, 2004
Paperback 401 pages

IF the beginning of the book threatens to sound like the traditional 20th century English tale in its introduction of the first two characters, a British-educated-to-the-brim Indian literatus and a 60-year-old eccentric (genuine) English scholar, the dénouement departs from any predictable plot development.

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