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“Spider Boys draws us into an exotic world which becomes increasingly familiar and engaging with every page. In Ming Cher’s hands, the hybrid dialect of Singapore street youth becomes uncannily evocative and poetic. At times I was reminded of S.E. Hinton, but this is a highly original novel—gritty and tender and thoroughly fascinating.”
—Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City and Brightness Falls
“Haunting and sexy, Spider Boys is an astonishing book. Ming Cher’s jagged English pulls no ...more
—Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City and Brightness Falls
“Haunting and sexy, Spider Boys is an astonishing book. Ming Cher’s jagged English pulls no ...more
Enjoyed for accurate singlish and the insight into street kids from 1950s Singapore, a world I never experienced. Characters were a little indistinguishable though and I never came to root for anyone in particular. Also, the female characters were as disposable as the female spiders to the boys, only fit for mating and completely defined by their sexuality and nothing else, a major weakness of the book.
I find it a little ironic that penguin, an international publishing house, was fine with publi ...more
I find it a little ironic that penguin, an international publishing house, was fine with publi ...more
