Strangers on a Pier : Portrait of a Family Vendor Code_N039 A product of the media

A product of the media age and the Me Generation that emerged in the 1970s

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and a dark secret that lies waiting in the mysterious labyrinth beneath the city streets

The author succeeds to change the character of literature as a mere story to make it as a drama of intellectual searchings

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Strangers on a Pier : Portrait of a Family Vendor Code_N039 A product of the mediaIn Strangers on a Pier, acclaimed author Tash Aw explores the panoramic cultural vitality of modern Asia through his own complicated family story of migration and adaptation, which is reflected in his own face. From a taxi ride in present day Bangkok, to eating Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1980s Kuala Lumpur, to his grandfathers' treacherous boat journeys to Malaysia from mainland China in the 1920s, Aw weaves together stories of insiders and outsiders,