Publication

1988 - Distributed to the trade by Kampmann, San Francisco, California

Language

English

Word Count

55,750 words, Guess

Page Count

223 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Goodreads5713356

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3553.L338 D3 1988

Description

Dan Collins, a U.S. State Department officer, is the main character in all of these short stories. Working in Sarawak, western Borneo in the 1960s, Collins gets caught up in local tribal politics, the conflicts between the Muslim Malays, Chinese merchants, Iban headhunters, the few British colonial officers still remaining in the country and Collins's superiors at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Patricia Holt wore in the San Francisco Chronicle, "“I don’t think there has ever been a book quite like The Day Nothing Happened by San Francisco writer Terence Clarke. . . At first one-dimensional, then full of complexity, finally rich in texture and meaning, The Day Nothing Happened parallels the growth of its protagonist in both style and content. Reading it is a memorable experience.”

Subjects

People

Terence Clarke

Times

Borneo in the 1960s

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