500 words from...is a series of
guest posts from authors writing about Asia, published by Asia-based, or
Asia-focussed, publishing houses, in which they talk about their latest books.
Here Jakarta-based William L. Gibson talks about Singapore Yellow, volume two
in his 19th century Detective Hawksworth trilogy, set in Singapore and Malaya –
it kicked off with Singapore Black, and will conclude with Singapore Red. The
trilogy is published by Monsoon, a company specialising in books that open
windows onto south-east Asian history.
