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67 Sophia Road House on the Hill
Jag Thind
£8.99
"67 Sophia Road is an anomaly, where it begins life as a grand lady but is destined to spend the rest of its days unceremoniously as a slum dwelling." Thus begins 67 Sophia Road; House on the Hill, expansive, idiosyncratic, nostalgic and evocative, the comic book rendition captures the ecstatic evocation of characters and landscape through the domestic, social and intimate lives of residents of a tenement, typical of dwellings in Singapore during the 1970s. The principal narrator of the saga, Jog-Man Boey, the fly-on-the-wall, travels through time, space, and history to lay bare the numerous discords, packed with misadventures and scandals as well as stories and lives intertwined with the comings and goings of colourful characters who inhabit 67 Sophia Road. Through thumbnail sketches, the graphic novella also contains observations of controversial social policies of the era as Singapore rapidly undergoes transformation in the social and political arenas. And as the reader accompanies the narrator on this journey through the shifting sands of time, they are treated to an entertaining peek into a microcosmic Singapore of yesteryears.
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Vanguard press
Publication date: 27/02/2025 |
ISBN:9781800167315 |
Pages: 146