Meet the four misfits living in one HDB flat. One is a MalayβJew who is trying to get his father to come back as a ghost. Cantona is a promising Bangladeshi artist on the run from a construction company. Tights is a Chinese illegal immigrant with a Forrest Gump obsession. And Shanti is a gifted Indi
The minorities: a novel
β Scribed by Hakim, Suffian
- Book ID
- 100585499
- Publisher
- Epigram Books
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Singapore.
- ISBN
- 9814655287
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β¦ Synopsis
Meet the four misfits living in one HDB flat. One is a MalayβJew who is trying to get his father to come back as a ghost. Cantona is a promising Bangladeshi artist on the run from a construction company. Tights is a Chinese illegal immigrant with a Forrest Gump obsession. And Shanti is a gifted Indian lab technician hiding from her abusive husband.When a forlorn pontianak begins haunting them, the four friends find themselves embroiled in a surreal showdown that may just upend the world, or at least Singapore.Written in Suffian Hakim's trademark humour, The Minorities is a novel about those living on the edges of society and their soulful bond.
ABC : 1
Number of Words in Auth: 2
Formats : EPUB
Number of Formats : 1
Has Cover : Yes
All Identifiers : isbn:978-981-46-5528-6
Single Author : Suffian Hakim
Original Source : New_Files_Oatmeal_06_11_PM
Sorted Author by LN, FN: Hakim, Suffian
Title Length : 014
Title Parm D : The Minorities
Title Parm F : The Minorities
Num of Aut : 1
Title Parm B : (
ES Lib Name : NIRC 2019-06
Record ID : 5536
Uncomma Author : Suffian Hakim
Title Parm A : The Minorities
β¦ Subjects
Singapore
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