They say you have to wave your own flags, so here goes:
“. . . a Malaysian with an undeniably gift for the narrative.”
New Straits Times
“Tunku Halim’s written English is wonderful.” The Sunday Mail
“Horror with a bloody heart . . . tales of the strange and macabre.” The Sun
“. . . Halim sets out to entertain his readers, and in that he succeeds.” The Star
“A literary talent” Marie Claire
“. . .a darkly impressive author of bloodcurdling tales . . . and in the silence of the night comes to the full force of his storytelling art.” Journal One
“It would be more difficult to find a Malaysian writer of horror stories more erudite than Tunku Halim. His prose literally sings and flows with the ease of a ghost hovering near the ceiling of a haunted house.” Xeus, author of Dark City
“Malaysia’s Stephen King.” Amir Muhammad
“The story telling is gripping, you’ll keep turning the pages even when the plot scares the living daylights out of you.” Xandria Ooi
“… shows an ability to get deep into your head and stir up some real psychological fear. It’s even got bits of macabre comedy in it, a la Edgar Allan Poe. With so many dismal local horror movies coming out all the time, why don’t Malaysian filmmakers just learn by reading this guy’s book?” Weekend Mail
Now, you didn’t expect me to include the bad reviews as well, did you?
4 responses so far ↓
Argus // May 9, 2007 at 3:47 pm |
Sweet bunch of pullout quotes, TH.
The Sunday Mail’s brings to mind the irreverent quip: “Now what’s wrong with his spoken English, mm?”
tunkuhalim // May 9, 2007 at 11:01 pm |
Argus – ya lah, don’t know why like that one.
meysha // May 16, 2008 at 8:03 am |
now what, i like to read horror , they give you something that you don’t get in this world. imagination, i always in, but please don’t be so sadistis or cruell, sometime i write too. but horror be my last. i don’t like the death. i just like the spirit…
tunkuhalim // May 16, 2008 at 9:36 pm |
Meysha – That’s what attracts me to horror too. Something beyond the ordinary. I’m pretty much like you nowadays . . . I don’t like the cruel, sadistic type of horror we often see today.