The King's Last Song

The King's Last Song is a novel by Canadian author Geoff Ryman. It was first published in 2006 by HarperCollins in the UK. It was published in the United States in 2008 by Small Beer Press.

The King's Last Song
First edition
AuthorGeoff Ryman
CountryCanada/United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
2006
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages490 pp
ISBN0-00-225988-5
OCLC62474195

Plot introduction

Set in Cambodia, it tells the story of Map, a policeman and former Khmer Rouge, and young motoboy William as they search for the gold leaf memoirs of the 12th Century king Jayavarman VII, which have been stolen by a former lieutenant of Pol Pot. The memoir is fictional, but Jayavarman is not, and an account of his life and reign is told in a parallel thread. In addition there is a lengthy flashback to Map's violent activities in the last years of the Cambodian war. The novel makes explicit the contrast between ancient Cambodia's opulence and the poverty and corruption of its modern counterpart.


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