About The Author

Kam Raslan is a writer and director, working in film, TV and theatre in Malaysia. He is a columnist in The Edge weekly and Off the Edge magazine. His writings were previously compiled in Generation: A Collection of Contemporary Malaysian Ideas. He also writes for the Instant Cafe Theatre and will one day make his own feature film.

Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato' Hamid Adventures is Kam's first book and is available at major bookstores in Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, and is also available online at Amazon.com

If you wish to contact Kam Raslan, email to:
kam at kamraslan dot com.

Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato' Hamid Adventures

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More Reviews Online

Since its release in April 2007, Confessions of an Old Boy has been well-received, and reviewed both in the print media and online blogs. Below is a list of reviews to date, both about the book and events that the author has been spotted in. The list will be updated with new articles as and when they become available.

Print Reviews

Got To Be Posh, Man review by Dzireen Mahadzir (The Sunday Star, 29 April 2007)

Meet the Old Boy's creator review by Dzireen Mahadzir (The Sunday Star, 29 April 2007)

Good Response to Reading Event article on Kam's appearance at Borders, Queensbay, Penang (The Star, Tuesday, 5 June 2007)

Will the Real Dato' Hamid Please Stand Up? feature article by Dzireena Mahadzir (The Sunday Star, 8 July 2007)

Talk of the blogs (The Sunday Star, 8 July 2007)

Online Blogs

The Bringing to Book of Dato' Hamid, review by Sharon Bakar on her Bibliobibuli blog; also on amazon.com

Online review by Ted Mahsun

Online review by Bookgila

Kam at Kino blog entry on Kam's reading at Kinokuniya bookstore, KLCC

Kam Raslan's Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato' Hamid Adventures (ISBN 978 983 3445 00 4) was first serialized in Off the Edge magazine and is published by Marshall Cavendish Editions, an imprint of Marshall Cavendish International.