Written in Black

A darkly humorous coming-of-age novel set in Brunei on the island of Borneo,Written in Blackoffers a snapshot of a few days in the life of ten-year-old Jonathan Lee, attending the funeral of hisAh Kong, or grandfather, and still reeling from the drama of his mother leaving for Australia and his brother getting kicked out of the house and joining a rock band.

Annoyed at being the brunt of his father’s pent-up anger, Jonathan escapes his grandfather’s wake in an empty coffin and embarks o…