A Dance of Moths
A Dance of Moths is the third novel by Singapore-born writer Goh Poh Seng,[1] first published in 1995 by Select Books. It tells the story of two Chinese Singaporean, one a creative designer of an advertising firm and the other an accounts clerk.
Plot synopsis
[edit]Divided into three parts and set in Singapore, the dual protagonists are followed through in the novel in alternate chapters. Ong Kian Teck is a creative designer of an advertising firm who has an extra-marital affair and faces estrangement from his wife. Chan Kok Leong is an accounts clerk who tries to free himself from the drudgery of his job. The latter lives in a small HDB flat in Toa Payoh, and has a retarded sister whom his mother dutifully brings up. The connection between the two men is not made clear until the very last chapter of the book.
References
[edit]- ^ Hedwig, Anuar. "Foreword", A Dance of Moths, Select Books: Singapore, 1995.
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