{"title":"2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Campbell Gardens Ladies’ Swimming Class\u003c\/em\u003e by Vrushali Junnarkar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eGus: The Life and Opinions of the Last Raffles’ Banded Langur\u003c\/em\u003e by Jon Gresham\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Disappearance of Patrick Zhou\u003c\/em\u003e by Ally Chua\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Enigmatic Madam Ingram\u003c\/em\u003e by Meihan Boey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.epigram.sg\/ebfp-2023\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-campbell-gardens-ladies-swimming-class","title":"The Campbell Gardens Ladies’ Swimming Class","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook Trailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/CampbellGardens_Sample.pdf?v=1701214865\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e   |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookfies.com\/ebook\/956\/the-campbell-gardens-ladies-swimming-classs\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA peek into the lives of Indian women learning to swim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn eclectic group of Indian women living in a condominium in Singapore are determined to learn how to swim. To accomplish this, they must challenge cultural taboos, paddle against the tide of ingrained beliefs, tread carefully past family members, and dive deep into their pooled psyche to let go of things held dear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Campbell Gardens Ladies’ Swimming Class\u003c\/em\u003e goes beneath the surface to fathom what hinders these women from owning the water. It plunges into unexpected situations and encounters unusual role models who help uplift these women and make them believe that nothing is impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A story about women coming together, bonding through their hesitations towards water. Beneath the surface and the lighthearted exchanges of women learning to swim is a rich interior world of middle-aged women who are balancing cultures and identities, insecurities and independence.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e—Carissa Foo, author of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/what-we-learned-from-driving-in-winter\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWhat We Learned from Driving in Winter\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and EBFP 2023 judge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“For an interconnected group of women living in a condominium, swimming becomes not just a metaphor for cultural adaptation and survival, but also for personal freedom, transcendence and even redemption in this heart-warming novel.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Cyril Wong, multi-award-winning author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/this-side-of-heaven\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Side of Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fKS544QuIPU\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVrushali Junnarkar\u003c\/strong\u003e is a dentist by training. When not practising, teaching or researching in dentistry, \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eshe contributes opinion pieces to a women's empowerment website, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.womensweb.in\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWomen's Web\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e and writes for the \u003cem\u003eTimes of India\u003c\/em\u003e on various aspects of living abroad as an Indian. She has also been published in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/what-we-inherit-growing-up-indian\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat We Inherit: Growing Up Indian\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e(2022). \u003cem\u003eThe Campbell Gardens Ladies’ Swimming Class\u003c\/em\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46335894323497,"sku":"9789815105261","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/EBFP-CampbellGardens-CVF-300.jpg?v=1692780312"},{"product_id":"the-enigmatic-madam-ingram","title":"The Enigmatic Madam Ingram (Book 2)","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook Trailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for Singapore Book Awards 2024 (Best Literary Work)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/TheEnigmaticMdmIngram_Sample.pdf?v=1701215235\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e   |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookfies.com\/ebook\/958\/the-enigmatic-madam-ingram\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this exciting sequel to the multi-award-winning novel, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-formidable-miss-cassidy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eThe Formidable Miss Cassidy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Letty Ingram, a half-Malayan lady raised in the UK, has suffered under a strange curse her whole life. Her beautiful and fearsome mother, from an unknown island in the Malay Archipelago, is the key to the mystery. Letty arrives in Singapore in 1906 to seek the help of the Chinese medium, Madam Kay. But Madam Kay’s whole family gets involved, including her sister, her father…and their unusual mutual friend, the formidable Miss Cassidy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Meihan Boey illustrates the lengths Letty will go to in order to save her own soul, and reveals how Miss Cassidy’s past has caught up with her, in the shape of a worthy opponent: a terrifying jungle spirit the native folk call the Bungadarah.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A gripping and accomplished intertwining of mythology, battling Asian immortals and the eternal fight between good and evil. An ambitious and extraordinary book that sweeps you into its intricate world, riveting you there until the last page. Meihan Boey is a talent to watch.”\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e–Meira Chand, internationally bestselling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/a-different-sky\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eA Different Sky\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan aria-label=\"\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Meihan Boey delights once again with a work that weaves together different mystical and supernatural threads in a wondrous and intriguing tale of cross-cultural historical\/psychological mystery full of high jinks, misleads and cross-dimensional travel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eThe Enigmatic Madam Ingram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e unravels the nature of our spiritual and supernatural beliefs, and how they might draw from the same spring water, even as the petals of the flowers they sprout bear different shapes and colours.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e–Nuraliah Norasid, award-winning author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-gatekeeper\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eThe Gatekeeper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pOZHvhSn9yo\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeihan Boey\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-formidable-miss-cassidy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Formidable Miss Cassidy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (co-winner of the 2021 Epigram Books Fiction Prize and winner of the 2022 Singapore Book Award for Best Literary Work), and science-fiction novella \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/products\/the-messiah-virus-pos\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Messiah Virus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. She is also the vice president of the Association of Comic Artists of Singapore and has scripted several comics, including \u003cem\u003eSupacross\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Once and Marvellous DKD\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a dedicated comic book and manga fan, an enthusiastic gamer, a persistent triathlete, and not yet a Super Saiyan, though she keeps trying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46450944803113,"sku":"9789815105285","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/EBFP-TheEnigmaticMadamIngram-300.jpg?v=1693375834"},{"product_id":"the-disappearance-of-patrick-zhou","title":"The Disappearance of Patrick Zhou","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook Trailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/TheDisappearanceofPatrickZhou-Sample.pdf?v=1704360913\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e   |   \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bookfies.com\/ebook\/961\/the-disappearance-of-patrick-zhou\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA young woman must solve the fifteen-year-old disappearance of her uncle.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Zhou-Guthrie company is a powerful one, with a palm oil fortune built on the suffering of others. One night, Patrick Zhou, the charismatic heir to the business, disappears en route to a conference, never to be seen again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen years later, Zhou-Guthrie is a failing dynasty. The matriarch, Doris Zhou, is on her deathbed. In her last lucid moments, Doris tasks her granddaughter, Layla, with finding out what happened to Patrick. To solve this mystery, Layla must uncover corporate espionage, environmental crimes and family secrets—perhaps intimately connected to the ghost stories Uncle Patrick told her years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A narrative tapestry woven with incredible finesse, which enraptures readers in a web of secrets and thrills. In this evocative setting where power and morality collide, Layla’s determined pursuit of her family’s enigmatic past kept me entranced from start to end. The rich layers of this enthralling multi-generational odyssey serve up a resonance that lingers long after I’ve savoured the last word.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_kyla-zhao\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKyla Zhao\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-fraud-squad\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fraud Squad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A smart, ambitious debut by an exciting new voice, and a well-crafted page-turner that I found hard to put down. The Disappearance of Patrick Zhou tackles questions like: What happens when the dirty secrets of a family business come to light? Can the rebellious heir to a dynasty ever outrun her family’s brutal past? Think Succession, but with more humidity and violence, and set among Malaysian oil palm plantations. Ally Chua has deftly interlaced family drama, corporate corruption, a whiff of murder and one plucky journalist trying to unravel it all into a stunning whodunnit that will have you guessing till the very end.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Stephanie Chan, author of \u003cem\u003eRoadkill for Beginners\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Ally Chua gives vicious corporate dynasty a gothic turn in a Johor estate lurking with buried secrets, where too-real monsters emerge from the unearthed rot to drag generations of a family into a reckoning with both their bloody legacy and each other. A haunting in which the worst ghosts are ourselves.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Wen-yi Lee, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dark We Know\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YDKLN4INoEY\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlly Chua\u003c\/strong\u003e was the 2019 Singapore Unbound Fellow for New York City, and a member of writing collective \/s@ber. She has been published in \u003cem\u003eQLRS\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCordite Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLammergeier Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThimble Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. Her poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eActs of Self Consumption\u003c\/em\u003e, will be published by Recent Work Press in Spring 2023. \u003cem\u003eThe Disappearance of Patrick Zhou\u003c\/em\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47214398964009,"sku":"9789815105308","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/PatrickZhou_CV.jpg?v=1700138271"},{"product_id":"gus","title":"Gus: The Life and Opinions of the Last Raffles' Banded Langur","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook Trailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/GUS-Sample.pdf?v=1714386184\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e   |   \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bookfies.com\/ebook\/975\/gus\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGet the e-book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this action-packed eco-novel, wild talking monkeys lead a revolution in a troubled Singapore. Gus, a precocious Raffles' banded langur, seeks to get home to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, a Filipino nurse tries to heal her grief, and an auditor strives to be a clown. Their adventures take place along the Rail Corridor, among the shophouses of Blair Plain, and beneath the skyscrapers of downtown Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An anarchic romp through a post-apocalyptic, post-human Singapore, this is \u003cem\u003ePlanet of the Apes\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe Jungle Book\u003c\/em\u003e, featuring the nuttiest of characters on jaw-droppingly bloody escapades. A truly one-of-a-kind work of speculative fiction.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_ng-yi-sheng\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNg Yi-Sheng\u003c\/a\u003e, multi-award-winning author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/lion-city\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLion City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This apocalyptic novel is about the unnervingly near future. What it tells is the riveting friendship between a talking langur and a human clown at the centre of a great revolution in Singapore and, for that matter, Nature. Jon Gresham’s chaotic Darwinian satire is funny and tragic and inserts a vast cast of attractive characters into memorable locales. An utter page-turner, \u003cem\u003eGus\u003c\/em\u003e is the product of a magnificently troubling imagination that will scare its readers the next time they attempt a hiking trail.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_gwee-li-sui\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGwee Li Sui\u003c\/a\u003e, poet, graphic artist and literary critic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A traumatised monkey launches into a quest for home with the help of bewildered humans, in this narrative that never lets up from the very first page. Breathless, unrelenting, but also hilarious and unexpectedly poignant, here is a surreal and wildly entertaining morality tale about what happens when the natural world fulfils its vengeance on modern life as we know it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_cyril-wong\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCyril Wong\u003c\/a\u003e, award-winning poet and author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/this-side-of-heaven\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Side of Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gresham has written a thought-provoking and entertaining work that hurtles from escapade to escapade with humour and compassion. Activities like eating meat, visiting the zoo and reading news reports about the latest discoveries in the labs at Biopolis will probably leave one with some degree of disquiet after reading this book.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_yeo-wei-wei\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYeo Wei Wei\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/these-foolish-things-pos\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese Foolish Things\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A dive into a world at once familiar and unfamiliar. Singapore in the not-too-distant-future, where primates have taken over, leaders have fled, and those left behind are forced to navigate a chaotic anarchic world that has stopped listening to nature. Through the eyes of the country’s last Raffles’ banded langur, we see these characters grappling with love, loss and the fine line between ‘us’ and ‘them’. An engaging read that stretches the imagination while it interrogates where we stand when faced with the fearful unknown.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_pamela-ho\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePamela Ho\u003c\/a\u003e, former journalist and co-author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/adventures-of-2-girls\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdventures of 2 Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An ecological dystopian romp, \u003cem\u003eGus\u003c\/em\u003e is a warning about the delicate nature of the relationship between man and animal, and how fine the line of distinction can be as well. Gresham has written a zeitgeisty, absurdist tale that will entertain and make you think.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_jing-jing-lee\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLee Jing-Jing\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/how-we-disappeared-b-format-pos\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow We Disappeared\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RQHc4Zuo9JM\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJon Gresham\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eWe Rose Up Slowly\u003c\/em\u003e (2015). His writing has appeared in various publications, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/best-singaporean-short-stories-1-uk-edition\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBest Singaporean Short Stories 1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2020) and \u003cem\u003eThe Best Asian Short Stories 2020\u003c\/em\u003e. His story “The Visit” was shortlisted for the 2020 Short Fiction\/Essex University Prize and included in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-five\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Five\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2021). He also co-edited \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/in-this-desert-there-were-seeds-pos\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn This Desert, There Were Seeds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2019), an anthology of stories by West Australian and Singaporean writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJon helped run the Asia Creative Writing Programme, a collaboration between the School of Humanities at Nanyang Technological University and the National Arts Council of Singapore. He is a co-founder of Sing Lit Station, and established the Book A Writer workshop programme. He has lived in Singapore for over twenty years. \u003cem\u003eGus: The Life and Opinions of the Last Raffles’ Banded Langur\u003c\/em\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47768582062377,"sku":"9789815105322","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/GUS_CV_25052023.jpg?v=1709887667"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/collections\/2023_EBFP.png?v=1739428241","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/2023-ebfp.oembed","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}