Song for an Approaching Storm

In the late summer of 1955 Cambodia, newly free of France, is heading for its first open election. Sar, who will one day be called Pol Pot, is deep in the campaign: officially the opposition leader's secretary, secretly a militant working towards a communist uprising. He is betrothed to Somaly, granddaughter of royalty and the newly crowned Miss Cambodge, but the marriage depends on an opposition victory and a government post for him. Then Sary, the gifted, ruthless and impatient deputy premier on the other side, also falls for Somaly. Within weeks this rivalry over one woman becomes entangled with the struggle for power, and decisions made by the three of them push their country onto a path that leads to disaster.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

356 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Politics, Love (assigned by AI)

Set in

Cambodia, 1955

First published

2012 by Natur & Kultur

Author's age

40 when first published

ISBN

9789127133563 (original)

9781782270126 (Pushkin Press, United Kingdom)

9781782270614 (Pushkin Press, United Kingdom)