The Orientalist and the Ghost

by Susan Barker

  Many thanks to the Arts Council of England.

  Thanks to Jane Lawson, whose advice has made The Orientalist and the Ghost a much better book. Thanks to Eleanor Bradstreet, Daniel Septimus, Carole Semaine, Marianne Velmans and John Saddler.

  Thanks to my aunts Yoke Moy, Yoke Fong, Yoke Lan, Yoke Pau and Yoke Lin, and to the rest of my family in Malaysia. Thanks to my father for his constant help and support. Thanks to my mother and Carol.

  About the Author

  Susan Barker was born in London in 1978 to a Chinese Malaysian mother and an English father. Aged twenty-five, she completed the acclaimed novel Sayonara Bar (‘Funny, crisply written and engaging’ Times), followed by The Orientalist and the Ghost (‘Sharp and original’ Guardian). While writing her third novel The Incarnations she spent several years living in Beijing, researching modern and ancient China. Follow her on Twitter @Susankbarker.

  Also by Susan Barker

  SAYONARA BAR

  THE INCARNATIONS

  and published by Black Swan

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  THE ORIENTALIST AND THE GHOST

  A BLACK SWAN BOOK: 9780552772419

  Version 1.0 Epub ISBN: 9781448169931

  First published in Great Britain

  Doubleday edition published 2008

  Black Swan edition published 2009

  Copyright © Susan Barker 2008

  Susan Barker has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.

  This book is a work of fiction and, except in the case of historical fact, any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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