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Boy Bites Man

Man Tiger (Lelaki Harimau) by Eka Kurniawan

January 7, 2021 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Man Tiger starts out with a killer opening line: On the evening Margio killed Anwar Sadat, Kyai Jahro was blissfully busy with his fishpond. This crime leaves the populace of a small Indonesian fishing village in shock—Margio, barely twenty, is a well known and well-liked kid. Margio has never been prone to violence. Some folks speculate that with the recent deaths of both his little sister and his father, the boy possibly just snapped. But why was Anwar Sadat the target of his violence? And […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Asian Literature, Eka Kurniawan, Lelaki Harimau, Man Tiger, mystery

LittlePlat's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Asian Literature, Eka Kurniawan, Lelaki Harimau, Man Tiger, mystery ·
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