New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First edition - The author's highly praised and unusual first novel, set in Burma in 1886. The author spent a year studying malaria on the Thai - Myanmar border, which gives the setting its authenticity. Author's note, 317 pp. Rather uncommon advance issue - and even though the cover indicates a first printing of 150,000 copies, the book went quickly into later printings.