Under the Malaccan Sun is a memoir of C.P. Bok. This memoir started as a series of vignettes that Bok wrote of his childhood in Malacca (now Melaka), Malaysia, following the heartbreaking experience of his mother’s death. Bok left Malacca for the USA as a teenager. Since his fondest memories of his mother were from his childhood, he wrote as a therapy to soothe the pain of loss and sorrow. This book tells of Bok's childhood during the 1960s and 70s and beautifully captures the remarkable people, places, and events in Malacca that characterized a unique way of life from a bygone era.