{"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","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/gus","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}