Connections: Stories of East Asia

David T.K. Wong returns to Somerset Maugham country with stories from Malaysia to Hong kong in this new collection. An incorruptible Thai Army Colonel faces the prospect of shooting on unarmed pro-democracy demontrators that include his own beloved university teacher. An Indian tourist guide in Malaysia strikes up an unusual friendship with an American widow from Dallas. A Chinese woman relives in London the bittersweet love affair of her youth. A British businessman fresh from Europe must contend with a company house that is haunted.