The background to the story involves an overseas Chinese family in the Borneo rain forest and the rise and fall of the Malaysian Communists. Although the publisher printed "A 'Judges Selection' from the Second China Times Million-Dollar Novel Contest" on the cover and discounted the book to NT $ 199, so far, even the first printing has yet to sell out.
像張貴興以婆羅洲雨林華人家族史、馬共興衰為背景的《群象》，儘管出版社在書皮上打著「第二屆時報百萬小說獎決選作品」的旗號，特價一百九十九元，但連第一版都沒賣完。