--- product_id: 104853640 title: "The Night Tiger: A Novel" price: "£1.79" currency: GBP in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/104853640-the-night-tiger-a-novel store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # The Night Tiger: A Novel **Price:** £1.79 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Night Tiger: A Novel - **How much does it cost?** £1.79 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/104853640-the-night-tiger-a-novel) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A sumptuous garden maze of a novel that immerses readers in a complex, vanished world.” — Kirkus (starred review) An utterly transporting novel set in 1930s colonial Malaysia, perfect for fans of Isabel Allende and Min Jin Lee Quick-witted, ambitious Ji Lin is stuck as an apprentice dressmaker, moonlighting as a dancehall girl to help pay off her mother’s Mahjong debts. But when one of her dance partners accidentally leaves behind a gruesome souvenir, Ji Lin may finally get the adventure she has been longing for. Eleven-year-old houseboy Ren is also on a mission, racing to fulfill his former master’s dying wish: that Ren find the man’s finger, lost years ago in an accident, and bury it with his body. Ren has 49 days to do so, or his master’s soul will wander the earth forever. As the days tick relentlessly by, a series of unexplained deaths racks the district, along with whispers of men who turn into tigers. Ji Lin and Ren’s increasingly dangerous paths crisscross through lush plantations, hospital storage rooms, and ghostly dreamscapes. Yangsze Choo's The Night Tiger pulls us into a world of servants and masters, age-old superstition and modern idealism, sibling rivalry and forbidden love. But anchoring this dazzling, propulsive novel is the intimate coming-of-age of a child and a young woman, each searching for their place in a society that would rather they stay invisible. "A work of incredible beauty... Astoundingly captivating and striking... A transcendent story of courage and connection." — Booklist (starred review) Review: great read - Yangsze Choo is a gifted storyteller. Her characters are well developed and interesting, the story lines also well developed and interesting. Toss in mystery, intrigue, the supernatural, romance. Clever writing at its best. As good as The Fox Wife. Review: Weretigers, severed fingers, murder, mystery, and magic! - Overall: Set in the 1930s in Malaysia, the Night Tiger is a sweeping historical novel about a dance-hall girl and an orphan boy whose fates entangle over a missing finger and an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers. 7/10 The Good: The story is told from two points of view, a girl named Ji Lin and a boy named Ren. Ji Lin is a quick-witted, ambitious girl with dreams of going into medicine but stuck as an apprentice dressmake and working as a dancehall girl to help pay off her mother’s mahjong debts. Ren is an 11 year old Chinese house boy who is also an orphan. He has made a promise to his former master to return his missing finger to his grave within 49 days or else his master’s soul with wander forever. The novel follows these two characters and we find that their stories are entwined in multiple, mysterious ways. I really liked both of the main characters as well as many of the other supporting characters. A lot of people mention “magical realism” that I did not exactly understand what that was, but this book is exactly that! It reminded me almost of a Grimm fairy tale, but better. I loved that the entire story was steeped in Chinese and Malaysian mythology and superstition. Malaysia was and still is a society of many different culture and beliefs and you see this to a degree in the book with multiple characters superstitions all playing a role. Two of the major myths the story is based on are weretigers and the Confucian virtues, neither of which I knew much about. A weretiger is "a beast who, when he chooses, puts on a human skin and comes from the jungle into the village to prey on humans." We are introduced to this through a series of mysterious and unexplained deaths. The author does a great job keeping you on the edge of your seat and I found myself guessing pretty much until the end. This book has something for everyone and once I was about 100 pages in I could not put it down. It is woven together intricately and expertly and I was kept guessing up pretty close to the end. The Bad: It did take me awhile to get into this, probably about 100 pages. I also did not particularly enjoy the romance and found it unnecessary. Quotes: “In Cantonese, two was a good number because it made a pair. Three was also good because it was a homophone for sang, or life. Four, of course, was bad because it sounded like death. Five was good again because it made a complete set, not just of the Confucian Virtues, but also for the elements of wood, fire, water, metal, and earth.” "When people talked about being lucky, perhaps they simply wanted to feel powerful, as though they could manipulate fate." “The Ji in my name wasn’t commonly used for girls. It was the character for zhi, or knowledge, one of the five Confucian Virtues. The others were benevolence, righteousness, order, and integrity” ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #166,329 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #58 in Historical Chinese Fiction #124 in Historical Asian Fiction #473 in Folklore (Kindle Store) | ## Images ![The Night Tiger: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81ay3+j0T6L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ great read *by M***B on January 25, 2026* Yangsze Choo is a gifted storyteller. Her characters are well developed and interesting, the story lines also well developed and interesting. Toss in mystery, intrigue, the supernatural, romance. Clever writing at its best. As good as The Fox Wife. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Weretigers, severed fingers, murder, mystery, and magic! *by B***E on April 23, 2019* Overall: Set in the 1930s in Malaysia, the Night Tiger is a sweeping historical novel about a dance-hall girl and an orphan boy whose fates entangle over a missing finger and an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers. 7/10 The Good: The story is told from two points of view, a girl named Ji Lin and a boy named Ren. Ji Lin is a quick-witted, ambitious girl with dreams of going into medicine but stuck as an apprentice dressmake and working as a dancehall girl to help pay off her mother’s mahjong debts. Ren is an 11 year old Chinese house boy who is also an orphan. He has made a promise to his former master to return his missing finger to his grave within 49 days or else his master’s soul with wander forever. The novel follows these two characters and we find that their stories are entwined in multiple, mysterious ways. I really liked both of the main characters as well as many of the other supporting characters. A lot of people mention “magical realism” that I did not exactly understand what that was, but this book is exactly that! It reminded me almost of a Grimm fairy tale, but better. I loved that the entire story was steeped in Chinese and Malaysian mythology and superstition. Malaysia was and still is a society of many different culture and beliefs and you see this to a degree in the book with multiple characters superstitions all playing a role. Two of the major myths the story is based on are weretigers and the Confucian virtues, neither of which I knew much about. A weretiger is "a beast who, when he chooses, puts on a human skin and comes from the jungle into the village to prey on humans." We are introduced to this through a series of mysterious and unexplained deaths. The author does a great job keeping you on the edge of your seat and I found myself guessing pretty much until the end. This book has something for everyone and once I was about 100 pages in I could not put it down. It is woven together intricately and expertly and I was kept guessing up pretty close to the end. The Bad: It did take me awhile to get into this, probably about 100 pages. I also did not particularly enjoy the romance and found it unnecessary. Quotes: “In Cantonese, two was a good number because it made a pair. Three was also good because it was a homophone for sang, or life. Four, of course, was bad because it sounded like death. Five was good again because it made a complete set, not just of the Confucian Virtues, but also for the elements of wood, fire, water, metal, and earth.” "When people talked about being lucky, perhaps they simply wanted to feel powerful, as though they could manipulate fate." “The Ji in my name wasn’t commonly used for girls. It was the character for zhi, or knowledge, one of the five Confucian Virtues. The others were benevolence, righteousness, order, and integrity” ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredible book, one of my favorites of the past three years *by B***S on January 27, 2021* How to describe this book? Part hero’s journey, part mystery, part suspense, a good part romance, and a tiny part werewolf- well, were-SOMETHING - story - all set in 1930’s Malaya among colonial mansions, cane fields and forests, hospitals and cabinets of curiosities. Multiple characters with individual and compelling storylines, brought together by something stronger than fate. Love, loyalty, family, and the lush backdrop of Malaya. This all sounds so serious, but there’s humor here, and poetry - it’s a beautiful balance. If I had to choose a genre, I guess this is magical realism, but the time and setting are so fascinating, and the core characters, Ren and Ji Lin - a preteen child and a young woman - are so beautifully drawn that you relate to them immediately across cultures and nearly a century of time. I read more than a hundred books a year and this one surprised me so much from the very start with the quality of story and writing that I put it aside to read at leisure and savor it. It is in my top five fiction recommendations of the last three years. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/104853640-the-night-tiger-a-novel](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/104853640-the-night-tiger-a-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-07-12*