The release date for the English version of 'The Night Tiger' by
Yangsze Choo is Feb 2019. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
An orphan kid and a dancing girl find themselves embroiled in a centuries-old Chinese legend about males who may transform into tigers, in this epic historical book.
Ren's master, an 11-year-old, leaves behind a last wish for his Chinese houseboy before passing away: that Ren locate his amputated finger and put it back on his body. Ren has 49 days left, after which his master's spirit will wander the planet, unable to find eternal rest.
Though Ji Lin had always desired to become a doctor, an apprentice seamstress would have been a more fitting career for a young woman in 1930s Malaysia. However, Ji Lin also works as a dancehall girl in secret to help pay off her mother's Mahjong debts. Ji Lin's dancing partner gives her a grisly memento one evening: a severed finger. Believing that the finger is unlucky, Ji Lin asks her former stepbrother for assistance in returning it to its rightful owner.
Ji Lin and Ren's lives entwine in ways they never would have predicted as the 49 days pass and a sly tiger terrorises the community. The Night Tiger is a fierce and beautifully written novel that delves into themes such as independence and colonialism, contemporary aspirations and old superstitions, sibling rivalry, and first love. Encrusted with intriguing mystery and Chinese culture, this book is an absolute page-turner.
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