{"product_id":"the-gift-of-rain-a-novel","title":"The Gift of Rain: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe recipient of extraordinary acclaim from critics and the bookselling community  Tan Twan Engs debut novel casts a powerful spell and has garnered comparisons to celebrated wartime storytellers Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene. Set during the tumult of World War II  on the lush Malayan island of Penang  The Gift of Rain tells a riveting and poignant tale about a young man caught in the tangle of wartime loyalties and deceits. In 1939  sixteen-year-old Philip Hutton-the half-Chinese  half-English youngest child of the head of one of Penangs great trading families-feels alienated from both the Chinese and British communities. He at last discovers a sense of belonging in his unexpected friendship with Hayato Endo  a Japanese diplomat. Philip proudly shows his new friend around his adored island  and in return Endo teaches him about Japanese language and culture and trains him in the art and discipline of aikido. But such knowledge comes at a terrible price. When the Japanese savagely invade Malaya  Philip realizes that his mentor and sensei-to whom he owes absolute loyalty-is a Japanese spy. Young Philip has been an unwitting traitor  and must now work in secret to save as many lives as possible  even as his own family is brought to its knees.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983937794101,"sku":"ByrdShop_1602860246","price":27.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781602860247.jpg?v=1770814854","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-gift-of-rain-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}