"This novel interweaves three stories set in the Asian theatre of WWII in the fertile crescent stretching from Singapore to Calcutta. The first Chinese-Japanese-Eurasian tale is set in the famous Raffles Hotel in Singapore, now being rapidly transformed as 'comfort women' are brought in. Complications arise as the head of the Kempeitai takes a fancy to the Anglo-Indian cabaret artiste, who was once the object of the Hotel Manager's affections, while a noble Japanese officer falls in love with one of the Chinese comfort women. Given the harsh realities of wartime Malaya, a series of tragedies...