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The Towkay of Produce Street

Lim Thean Soo

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Description:Singapore in the 1930s! Past midnight a young woman was burnt to death but oddly enough het baby sleeping beside her was never found.From this gruesome murder, Lim Thean Soo has woven an intriguing story about the affairs of two families, joined together by the ill-fated marriage of their eldest children. Towkay Ong, head of one family, was so obsessed with amassing a fabulous fortune for himself that everything else didn't matter. His eldest son could not avoid the shadow predicted by his fortunetellign Indian clerk. This shady character literally lived under his father's shadow. Banker Lai, head of the other family, had a liaison with an Englishwoman. His bastard son was never accepted by the white community in colonial Singapore.The story moves to a gripping climax when war came to Singapore. During the bombing of the island, the identity of the young woman's murderer came to light. And after the island's capitulation Towkay Ong and Banker Lai became painfully aware that their lives lay in the hand of the victors.Extraordinary things often happen during times of uncertainty. It was so with thte protagonist Towkay Ong - his moment of epiphany happened in a Buddhist temple where he came face to face with the man he mercilessly made bankrupt years ago.This is Lim's third novel and the first to be published posthumously. Lim Thean Soo received the Public Service Star in 1979 for authorship.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Towkay of Produce Street. To get started finding The Towkay of Produce Street, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 332

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: EPB Publishers

Release: 1991

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Description: Singapore in the 1930s! Past midnight a young woman was burnt to death but oddly enough het baby sleeping beside her was never found.From this gruesome murder, Lim Thean Soo has woven an intriguing story about the affairs of two families, joined together by the ill-fated marriage of their eldest children. Towkay Ong, head of one family, was so obsessed with amassing a fabulous fortune for himself that everything else didn't matter. His eldest son could not avoid the shadow predicted by his fortunetellign Indian clerk. This shady character literally lived under his father's shadow. Banker Lai, head of the other family, had a liaison with an Englishwoman. His bastard son was never accepted by the white community in colonial Singapore.The story moves to a gripping climax when war came to Singapore. During the bombing of the island, the identity of the young woman's murderer came to light. And after the island's capitulation Towkay Ong and Banker Lai became painfully aware that their lives lay in the hand of the victors.Extraordinary things often happen during times of uncertainty. It was so with thte protagonist Towkay Ong - his moment of epiphany happened in a Buddhist temple where he came face to face with the man he mercilessly made bankrupt years ago.This is Lim's third novel and the first to be published posthumously. Lim Thean Soo received the Public Service Star in 1979 for authorship.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Towkay of Produce Street. To get started finding The Towkay of Produce Street, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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