Foreign Bodies: A Novel
by Tan, Hwee Hwee
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Book: Very Good/DJ: Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0892552360
- ISBN 13
- 9780892552368
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Synopsis
Trouble often comes with a late-night phone call. So it comes to Mei, a twenty-something Singaporean lawyer about to face the greatest trial of her life. Her English boyfriend Andy, working in Singapore as a teacher, has been arrested, accused of masterminding an international betting ring. Under Singapore's draconian system of justice, he has but nine short days to prove his innocence or face life in prison. With time running out, Singapore native Eugene, Andys best friend and Mei's childhood playmate, flies in from Holland to help uncover the truth, a search that will unearth long-hidden secrets and forever challenge the moral, ethical, and spiritual framework of their lives. Exploring the chasm between Singapore's pop culture and traditional values, the friends' Gen-X cynicism and their gnawing hunger for direction and meaning, Hwee Hwee Tan delivers a powerful novel of clashing cultures and swirling spiritual quests, in which the wit is as sharp and unafraid as the insight it offers.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Awning Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77419
- Title
- Foreign Bodies: A Novel
- Author
- Tan, Hwee Hwee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book: Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- DJ: Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Am. ed.
- ISBN 10
- 0892552360
- ISBN 13
- 9780892552368
- Publisher
- Persea
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo.
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