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      Spider Boys

      by Ming Cher
      Published
      Jun 1995
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      220
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      In the 1950s, the street boys of Singapore caught and bet on their wrestling spiders, gaining not only money but also power and prestige as they won. Backgrounded against age-old vices, superstitions, urban legends, as well as a dangerous world of youth gangs and a tumultuous period in Singapore's history, Spider Boys is a moving and sensual story that draws the reader into turning its pages as if by a beguiling, hypnotic force, alternating arousing and repelling him.

      First published by Penguin, New Zealand, in 1995, Spider Boys has been re-edited to not only retain the flavour of colloquial Singapore English in the dialogues, but also improve the accessibility of the novel for all readers by rendering the narrative into grammatical Standard English.

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      First Edition Jun 1995 William Morrow ISBN13 9780688128586 ISBN10 0688128580
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      Aug 1995 Penguin (Australia) ISBN13 9780140250503 ISBN10 0140250506
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      Jul 2016 Epigram Books ISBN10 B01J9C5QR6
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      Jul 2016 Epigram Books ISBN13 2940153412276
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      Aug 2016 Epigram Books ISBN13 9789810736798 ISBN10 9810736797
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      Dec 2024 -- Not Selected ISBN10 B0DPLH19K6
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