"Green Island" by Shawna Yang Ryan
Another book choice inspired by my time in Asia, I wanted to explore more stories of Taiwan having read a book on its history. However I did not find that many books which I think is owing to the censure which is still applied to the history as different parties want to tell their own story or simply hope that others forget about the crimes commited. I have noticed that many authors who have left Asia and now reside in countries such as the US seem to feel more able to write about the recent history. I guess there may be something in distance. "Green Island" reflects this in its own story although within it there is a chilling tale of the influence that foreign states can have in another country. I would not have believed that this was possible until incidents such as the assassination of a number of Russians living abroad and other examples were reported in the Western news. This sinister side of globalisation always felt like a plot from a James Bond novel to me before...