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Hwee Hwee Tan's first novel 'Foreign Bodies'

One of Asiaweek’s ‘Best Books of 1999’

Reviews for Foreign Bodies

New York Times Book Review

Tan spins out a gripping story…A promising, original debut.

Wall Street Journal (Front page)

"Foreign Bodies", by 23-year-old Hwee Hwee Tan is among one of the milestones this year: it is the first Singaporean novel to win critical acclaim in Britain and the US

Kirkus, starred review

  "If Flannery O'Connor had written the screenplay for Midnight Express, it might have turned out somewhat like this startling and remarkable debut novel...Witty, hip, engrossing--and utterly astonishing both in breadth  of  feeling and depth of intelligence; one of the strangest and most original works  of the year."

Tan's worldly wise, dark humor animates every page….this seductive novel moves with furious grace to a transcendent conclusion.

The Economist

"A novel of distinction….almost indecently accomplished for a 23-year-old." 

Time Out

"Witty, clever and unusual." 

Guardian UK

"An intriguing first novel….this is smart, stylish stuff."

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Latest update: 03/07/00

First completed on: 31/12/99 Bye to millennium bug