The Malayan Trilogy: Time for a Tiger, Enemy in the Blanket, Beds in the East

This famous trilogy dissects with briliant wit the racial and social prejudices of post-war Malaya during the chaotic upheaval of Independence.

Anthony Burgess, an officer in the Colonial Service, lays bare the various prejudices of Malayan society in the post-Colonial era. With penetrating insight and through a succession of wonderfully colourful characters, he delineates the conflict and confusion arising from the enforced mingling of cultures.