• National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Publisher of Nominated Edition
Pelanduk Publications
ISBN 9679788784

A historical saga that brings back the past for those who still remember and for the young who wish to know how things used to be in the years between 1922 and 1982.

This story revolves around the life of a boy as he grows to manhood and traces the migration of his family from South Thailand to Penang after his father passes away. He survives the bloody days of the Japanese Occupation, emerges as a Taikor (big brother) in Penang's chaotic underworld when Communist insurgents try to destabilize the country's development.

Finally, when Malaya becomes an independent sovereign State, the Taikor seeks to break away from his past involvement in triad activities to build a new life for himself and his family.

Khoo Kheng-Hor has lived an exciting and fulfilling life as a journalist, business executive, author, management consultant, honorary police officer and international conference speaker. Now he has retired to the mountains to live in seclusion with his wife, Judy, and his "four-legged son", Bandit, a Yorkshire terrier. There, amid the tranquillity of the countryside, he turns to creative fiction writing, after having published 15 books and nine handbooks on business and management.