Singapore. NUS Press. 2015. Black and white photographic illustrations, xix + 194pp, paperback. This book of short stories by Goh Poh Seng tells his adventures as a young Asian student in the Ireland of the 1950s. Brought up in post-war Kuala Lumpur, the impressionable young man finds himself transported to... More
Australia. Allen & Unwin. 2014. 403pp, paperback. Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2009. xxvi + 677 pages, references, paperback. "Writing Singapore" is the first comprehensive historical anthology of English-language literary works from Singapore. For readers in Singapore. the volume provides an easy point of access to compelling narratives and poems that have been forgotten or are now difficult to... More
United States. HarperCollins Publishers. 2013. 264 + 13pp, paperback. This delectable and witty mystery introduces Rosie "Aunty" Lee, feisty widow, amateur sleuth, and proprietor of Singapore's best-loved home-cooking restaurant. After losing her husband, Rosie Lee could have become one of Singapore's "tai tai," an idle rich lady. Instead she is... More
