A review by mmopiko
Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Two by Claire Tham, O Thiam Chin, Samantha Toh, Daryl Qilin Yam, Jeremy Tiang, Wong Shu Yun, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Andrew Cheah, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Jason Erik Lundberg, Malvin Ng Yi Lun, Victor Fernando R. Ocampo, Jennani Durai, Sharlene Teo, Stephanie Ye, Evan Adam Ang, Neon Yang, Jinny Koh, Tania de Rozario, Cheryl Julia Lee, Joshua Ip, Gemma Pereira, Ng Yi-Sheng, Karen Kwek, Amanda Lee Koe, Kirstin Chen

3.0

this is a hard book to review just because it’s such an eclectic mix of stories, but i guess it’s meant to be. it did expose me to a lot of new singaporean authors though. i realised i have never read a piece of joshua ip’s writing. also it really shows the trends in singlit like foreigners/immigrants and class divide and So so so much sex i think we are a very sexually repressed people.

favourites: I m d 1 in 10 (Victor Fernando R. Ocampo), Tenali Raman Redux (Jennani Durai), Mama at Owen Road (Gemma Pereira), Meat Bone Tea (Stephanie Ye), The Man Who Turned Into a Photocopier (Joshua Ip), Anaesthesia (Andrew Cheah)