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When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face--including his own--he tries to help

What silently waits in the shadows at night

Quinn loses her friends

Breaking the Tongue: A Novel Subclass_POETRY running along the spine ofThis brilliant novel chronicles the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in the story of one Chinese family: Claude, raised to be more British than the British; his father, whose Anglophilia blinds him to impending defeat and his wife's dalliances; and the redoubtable Grandma Siok, whose sage advice falls on deaf ears. Expatriates, spies, fifth columnists, and nationalists mingle as the Japanese threat looms. Beset by the horror of war, betrayal, and,