The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy

Anthony Burgess’s The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy is a satirical, three-part exploration of colonial Malaya, charting the decline of British rule and the absurdities of expatriate life. It consists of Time for a Tiger (1956), The Enemy in the Blanket (1958), and Beds in the East (1959), later published together in the U.S. under the omnibus title The Long Day Wanes