The Accidental Malay

<p><b>Winner of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize<br>&lsquo;Slick, sharp . . . a joy to read&rsquo; Tash Aw</b><br><br>Jasmine Leong is the heiress apparent to Phoenix, her family&rsquo;s billion-ringgit 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.<br><br>Finding herself at the centre of a political controversy, and caught between two men who love her, <i>The Accidental Malay </i>examines the human cost of a country&rsquo;s racial policies and paints a portrait of a woman unwilling to accept the fate history has designated for her.<br><br><b>'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 <i>Evening Is the Whole Day</i></b></p>