Island in the Centre

Island in the Centre is a 1995 novel by Eurasian Singaporean writer Rex Shelley, which tells the story of a Japanese, Nakajima Tomio, working in Malaya from the 1920s until the Japanese Occupation of Singapore and Malaya in the 1940s.[1] The book won a Highly Commended Award from the National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS) in 1994.[2]

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  2. ^ "Rex Shelley | Infopedia". Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.. Retrieved 25 March 2013.