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The Malayan Trilogy, also published as The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy in the United States, is a comic 'triptych' of novels by Anthony Burgess on the decolonisation of Malaya.It is a detailed fictional exploration of the effects of the Read More..

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Description	The Malayan Trilogy, also published as The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy in the United States, is a comic 'triptych' of novels by Anthony Burgess on the decolonisation of Malaya.It is a detailed fictional exploration of the effects of the Malayan Emergency and of Britain's final pull-out from its Southeast Asian territories. The American title, decided on by Burgess himself, is taken from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem Ulysses: 'The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: \| The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep \| Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, \| 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.' (ll. 55-57)The three volumes are:Time for a Tiger (1956)The Enemy in the Blanket (1958)Beds in the East (1959)The trilogy tracks the fortunes of the history teacher Victor Crabbe, his professional difficulties, his marriage problems, and his attempt to do his duty in the war against the insurgents. For plot details, see the pages on the component titles Time for a Tiger, The Enemy in the Blanket and Beds in the East.
Description	The Malayan Trilogy, also published as The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy in the United States, is a comic 'triptych' of novels by Anthony Burgess on the decolonisation of Malaya.It is a detailed fictional exploration of the effects of the Malayan Emergency and of Britain's final pull-out from its Southeast Asian territories. The American title, decided on by Burgess himself, is taken from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem Ulysses: 'The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: \| The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep \| Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, \| 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.' (ll. 55-57)The three volumes are:Time for a Tiger (1956)The Enemy in the Blanket (1958)Beds in the East (1959)The trilogy tracks the fortunes of the history teacher Victor Crabbe, his professional difficulties, his marriage problems, and his attempt to do his duty in the war against the insurgents. For plot details, see the pages on the component titles Time for a Tiger, The Enemy in the Blanket and Beds in the East.

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Name	The Malayan TrilogyThe Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy
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Authors	Anthony Burgess
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Genre	Colonial novel
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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