The Year of Living Dangerously (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: C. J. Koch
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Political romance
- Time of Work: 1965
- Setting: Indonesia, primarily Jakarta
- Principal Characters: Guy Hamilton, Billy Kwan, Jill Bryant, Colonel Henderson, R. J. Cook, Wally O’Sullivan, Pete Curtis, Sukarno, Kumar, Vera Chostiakov, Ibu
- Genres: Long fiction, Political fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, Journalism or journalists, Mythology or myths, Communism or communists, Politics, Love or romance, Race, Revolutions, Poverty or poor people, Idealism, Southeast Asia, Civil wars, Dwarfs, Heads of state
- Locales: Jakarta, Indonesia
The Novel
C. J. Koch’s The Year of Living Dangerously takes its title from Sukarno’s term for 1965, the year in which the novel takes place. R. J. Cook, Koch’s first-person narrator, recounts the events—both political and personal—that occurred during that tumultuous, chaotic year in which Sukarno was overthrown and Suharto, a right-wing officer, assumed control of the Indonesian government. Sukarno’s fate, however, is inextricably linked to the fates of Guy Hamilton, Billy Kwan, and Jill Bryant. In effect, there are two parallel plots which are connected by...
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