Beautifully written, powerful and compelling. This is a short read, but gives a powerful insight to the life of a literary character mentioned in passing and was promptly forgotten in W. Somerset Maugham's The Four Dutchman. In this brilliant work, Riwoe has given the "Malay trollope" a voice, a personality and a life.

I fell into this story completely and without reserve, and knowing nothing about The Four Dutchman, I was caught completely off-guard with the tragic and chilling ending. This is a read that will stay with me for some time.