{"product_id":"adorable","title":"Adorable","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\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\u003eA young boy befriends a girl from a haunted house known as ‘Adorable’. A roast pig at a Taoist funeral becomes a symbol of rebellion. A man adopts a Thai doll, hoping it would change his luck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, a family of monsters live on Mount Pleasure, disguising themselves with anagrams, and a black metal scandal ruins a teenage couple’s after-school hangout at Gurney Plaza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Penang, Malaysia, these short stories describe how the island makes its people do crazy things. Its characters navigate a world of social tension and moral panic, while trying to find peace for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWan Phing Lim\u003c\/strong\u003e was born to Malaysian parents in 1986 in Butterworth, Penang. Her short stories have appeared in \u003cem\u003eCatapult\u003c\/em\u003e (USA), \u003cem\u003eRicepaper Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e (Canada), \u003cem\u003eLucent Dreaming\u003c\/em\u003e (UK), \u003cem\u003eKyoto Journal\u003c\/em\u003e (Japan) and anthologies by Monsoon Books (UK), Ethos Books (Singapore), Math Paper Press (Singapore) and Fixi Novo (Malaysia). Her story 'Snake Bridge Temple' was selected for Kitaab's Best Asian Short Stories 2017 and Buku Fixi's New Malaysian Writing 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Times Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50479699296553,"sku":"9789815280920","price":14.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/9789815280920.jpg?v=1749477593","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/adorable","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}