The Gift of Rain

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The Gift of Rain

First edition (UK)
Author	Tan Twan Eng
Cover artist	Caroline Tomlinson for jellylondon.com
Language	English
Publisher	Myrmidon (UK) Weinstein (US)
Publication date	2007 (UK), 2008 (US)
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print & eBook
Pages	448
ISBN	1-905802-04-8
Followed by	The Garden of Evening Mists (2012)

The Gift of Rain is the first novel by Malaysian novelist Tan Twan Eng. It was published in 2007 by Myrmidon Books in the United Kingdom and the following year by Weinstein Books in the United States, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize that year.^[1]