SHALA

Wot Do They Understand. A British colony in South East Asia approaches independence facing internal security problems. British soldiers are deployed to the hitherto peaceful town of Shala to protect Tony Hockin, an expatriate plantation owner, from a threat by Communist terrorists. Shala is the home of Chila Baru, the prospective first prime minister who is supported by the British. His Oxford-educated son, Shi, is the rumoured leader of the communist terrorists threatening Hockin. In Shala, the attitudes and prejudices of British imperialism are extant. The novel concentrates on the interacting relationships of the army, colonial

Ce inteleg ei. O colonie britanica din Asia de Sud-Est se apropie de independenta cu probleme de securitate interna.