AS I PLEASE SELECTED WRITINGS 1975-1994CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONPREFACEESSAYSA TEST TO PASSTHE ART OF PISSINGA LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS NOT ALWAYS A DANGEROUS THING:IS NOTHING SACRED?THE (MALAY) MALAYSIAN WRITER'S DILEMMATESTING THE PARAMETERROJAK IS GOOD FOR NATION BUILDINGNEITHER A CAMPAIGN NOR A CONSPIRACYONCE AGAIN, ENGLISH, OUR ENGLISHBE SOPHISTICATED AND SILLY ALL THE WAYTHE TRANSFORMASI OF A LANGUAGEANTI-ISLAM AND ALL THAT JAZZMUSLIM WRITERS AND THE APOSTASY LAWRELIGION AND CREATIVE FREEDOMAPOSTATES OF THE WORLD, REJOICE!ON NOT GOING THE WHOLE HOGSPEAKING UP FOR A WRITER'S RIGHTTHE MURDER OF A POET1492 AND ALL THAT...FUGITIVE THOUGHTS ON MAY 13WOMEN, PERFUME AND PRAYERIN PRAISE OF A 'WILD BEAST'HOMAGE TO THE STRONG AND LONELYJEBAT, GOMEZ AND CERTAIN FEUDAL MATTERSNOORDIN HASSAN: MALAYSIAN PLAYWRIGHTIN MEMORIAM ISAKO SANPATRIARCH AS 'LITERARY LECHER'KISS MY ARSE - IN THE NAME OF COMMON HUMANITYTHE SPECTRE OF ' CORPORATE - LIT'MALAY LAYS OF LIFE, LOVE AND LAUGHTERSALACIOUS PLEASURES OF PANTUNSLUNA, LUNACIES AND LOVERSBROTHER HENRI, HONORARY MALAYTHE LESSONS OF TURTLE BEACHBARBARIANS AMONG BARBARIANSTHUS SPAKE THE GREAT MALAY MINDAAFTERWORD