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Roadmap To Financial Freedom

Updated: 24 Aug 2010

One of ‘Roadmap’’s biggest problems is its self-congratulatory nature. It’s par for the course for a self-help book, financial or not...

Beatrice And Virgil

Updated: 24 Aug 2010

‘Beatrice and Virgil’ takes a different route through the animal kingdom. Henry, an author who writes a successful book....

Rojak : Bite-Sized Stories

Updated: 23 Aug 2010

One of my favourites is ‘The Breakup’ which is told through the devise of a letter by a guy Sham – from ‘a difficult family’ who is suffering from a ‘hurt liver’...

Oryx And Crake

Updated: 20 Jul 2010

The complexity of Atwood’s work is stunning – though ‘Oryx and Crake’ can be surface read as a humourous take on our current obsession with post-apocalpytic narratives....

No Cowardly Past

Updated: 20 Jul 2010

The first part of the book comprises six essays by those who knew James Puthucheary the man, his ideas and his commitment to the birth of our nation....

The flash mob

Updated: 20 Jul 2010

Short attention span? You need flash fiction, bitsy vignettes that cover everything from micro-plays and super-novellas to tiny poems and 'prosetry'...

Child-like Possibilities

Updated: 24 Jun 2010

Recent local publications of illustrated children’s books led SH Lim into ruminations of their importance..

Funny Boy

Updated: 24 Jun 2010

The first story reveals why Arjie is a funny boy. It has everything and more to do with his way of seeing and expressing himself in the world....

The Hungry Ghost

Updated: 24 Jun 2010

We’re all too familiar with the season of the hungry ghosts. The burning of incense, the late evening Chinese operas on makeshift stages, the offering of food and drink to the dead-but-not-quite departed...

Of Bees and Mist

Updated: 24 Jun 2010

I’m all for modern fairytales, which when done well can be refreshing and provocative. Setiawan’s ‘Of Bees and Mist’ falls into this camp, with enough merit to make it praiseworthy and enough failings to prevent it being everyone’s cup of tea....

 
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