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Author : Sebastian Sim
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Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 911/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis And the Award Goes to Sally Bong! by : Sebastian Sim
Download or read book And the Award Goes to Sally Bong! written by Sebastian Sim. This book was released on . Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sebastian Sim
Release : 2016
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 330/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Let's Give It Up for Gimme Lao! by : Sebastian Sim
Download or read book Let's Give It Up for Gimme Lao! written by Sebastian Sim. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I don’t aspire to be nice. I do what is necessary to get what I want.” Born on the night of the nation’s independence, Gimme Lao is cheated of the honour of being Singapore’s firstborn son by a vindictive nurse. This forms the first of three things Gimme never knows about himself, the second being the circumstances surrounding his parents’ marriage, and the third being the profound (but often unintentional) impact he has on other people’s lives. Talented, determined and focused, young Gimme is confident he can sail the seven seas, but he does not anticipate his vessel would have to carry his mother’s ambition, his wife’s guilt and his son’s secret. Tracing social, economic and political issues over the past 50 years, this humorous novel uses Gimme as a hapless centre to expose all of Singapore’s ambitions, dirty linen and secret moments of tender humanity.
Author : Nuraliah Norasid
Release : 2017
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 966/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Gatekeeper by : Nuraliah Norasid
Download or read book The Gatekeeper written by Nuraliah Norasid. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sebastian Sim
Release : 2019-01-29
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 75X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Riot Act by : Sebastian Sim
Download or read book The Riot Act written by Sebastian Sim. This book was released on 2019-01-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions abound in the aftermath of the Little India riot. Hashwini wonders if she triggered the chaos. Jessica asks if she should reveal what truly happened in the ambulance. Sharon thinks that the catastrophe could be what she needs to boost her political career. The lives of three women intertwine when accident and coincidence collide. In Gimme Lao!-style hilarity, they become wrapped up in a web of truth, deception and political connections. This is a perceptive, fast-paced romp that asks “what if” of the riot that recently shook Singapore.
Author : Joshua Kam
Release : 2020
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 059/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis How the Man in Green Saved Pahang, and Possibly the World by : Joshua Kam
Download or read book How the Man in Green Saved Pahang, and Possibly the World written by Joshua Kam. This book was released on 2020. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize When a renegade prophet vanishes in a cloud of pigeons in Kuala Lumpur, chorister and first witness Gabriel finds himself press-ganged into a wild road trip down the Malaysian coast. Meanwhile, in a sleepy town by the sea, Lydia traces the links between her late grandaunt’s eccentric lover and her involvement in the Communist Emergency. As Lydia and Gabriel enter a shadowy mythology of serpents, Sufi saints and plainclothes gods, they must grapple with the theologies and histories they once trusted, in a country more perilously punk than they’d ever conceived of. Reader Reviews: "A dizzying tale of saints, heists, maybe-queens." —The Straits Times "Quite the debut, accomplished, deft, unabashed and exuberant." —Asian Review of Books "Author Joshua Kam’s debut book brings Asian mythology to the forefront." —The Sun Daily Malaysian author blurs myths and truths as you escape on a wild road trip ... This whimsical, rollercoaster ride of a book also carries a tale of old and new Malaysia colliding, with various figures from local history, politics and folklore coming together in an epic quest for the soul of the nation. —newsday24.com "In essence, (the novel) acts as a love letter to Malaysian folklore and history, showcasing an impressive degree of representation and imagination that never feels shoehorned into the narrative." —Bakchormeeboy "What a trip! This 21st-century adventure quest with an Islamic saint also brings us on a madcap tour through a multitude of Malaysian mythologies— Malay epics, Taoist pantheons, WW2/Emergency/Merdeka heroics, and more. Even more vitally, it gives us hope amidst the dire news of our era— political corruption, environmental devastation and bigotry—reassuring us that the human/divine spirit still flourishes in the late-capitalist tropics, and is ultimately destined to triumph over evil. An absolute delight, and truly, deliciously Malaysian.” —Ng Yi-Sheng, award-winning author of Lion City “Borgesian, even Manichean in spirit, with almost reverent borrowings from Nusantara mythologies to Abrahamic religiosity, this novel is a wild ride from start to finish, riffing on Malayan history, politics and folklore in a surprisingly redemptive arc, while remaining deeply interrogative about what it means to keep true to goodness in the ever-changing face of evil.” —Cyril Wong, two-time Singapore Literature Prize-winning author of This Side of Heaven
