A scenic coastal road in sunrise, surrounded by lush tropical palm trees and historic colonial architecture.
A scenic coastal road in sunrise, surrounded by lush tropical palm trees and historic colonial architecture.

BOOK THREE· COMING SOON

Southern Roads: The final journey

The final road trip takes four friends into southern Malaysia, where old kingdoms, colonial ports, migrant communities and ambitious new cities have all left their mark. After travelling the East and West Coasts, they return to the road with a larger question: what kind of country is Malaysia becoming? In places caught between memory and reinvention, they search for signs that multiracialism is still alive. The trilogy ends in the South, but its final discoveries may change how we see the whole country.

Book cover for The Malaysia We Almost Forgot by Ilango Karuppannan featuring a car driving through a scenic coastal village.
Book cover for The Malaysia We Almost Forgot by Ilango Karuppannan featuring a car driving through a scenic coastal village.

BOOK ONE · AVAILABLE NOW

Unexpected encounters on the East Coast

What happens when four old friends leave the highway and follow Malaysia’s East Coast without a fixed script? Familiar places begin to look different. Chance conversations become stories, quiet towns reveal unexpected pasts, and the journey uncovers a side of the East Coast that lies beyond its beaches and postcards.

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Book cover for The Malaysia We Almost Forgot by Ilango Karuppannan featuring a nostalgic street scene in Port Weld.
Book cover for The Malaysia We Almost Forgot by Ilango Karuppannan featuring a nostalgic street scene in Port Weld.

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The West Coast may be Malaysia’s most travelled corridor, but how much of it do we really see? Following the old trunk roads, the travellers encounter a vanished railway terminus, a road with an improbable name, forgotten builders and towns whose histories have been obscured by modern Malaysia.

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