Peranakan sleuth returns during WWII
FICTION THE MIMOSA TREE MYSTERY By Ovidia Yu Constable/ Paperback/ 311 pages/ $18.95/ Available at bit.ly/MimosaTreeMys_Yu 3.5 stars Fans of home-grown writer Ovidia [...]
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Adventurous start to potential pop-history epic
FICTION THE JAVA ENIGMA By Erni Salleh Epigram Books/ Paperback/ 198 pages/ $26.64/ Available at bit.ly/JavaEnigma_ES 3.5 stars Author Erni Salleh’s debut novel [...]
Book review: A teenage girl grapples with the meaning of ugliness in Elena Ferrante's The Lying Life Of Adults
FICTION THE LYING LIFE OF ADULTS By Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein Europa Editions/ Paperback/ 442 pages/ $30.90/ Pre-order at bit.ly/LyingLifeAdults_EF 4 [...]
Poignant journey through loss and grief
FICTION THE PHONE BOX AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD By Laura Imai Messina, translated by Lucy Rand Manilla Press/ Paperback/ 400 pages/ [...]
Love, loss and rock n' roll in Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell's 1960s music novel Utopia Avenue
Review FICTION UTOPIA AVENUE By David Mitchell Sceptre/Paperback/ 563 pages/$29.71/ Available here 4 stars 2020, most would agree, is not a fun year [...]
Kids' Gothic adventure full of thrills and whimsy
CHILDREN’S THE UNADOPTABLES By Hana Tooke Puffin Books/Paperback/372 pages/ $27.82/ Available at goguru.com.sg 4 stars In the autumn of 1880, five babies are [...]