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Son of Singapore : Singapore Classics Premio Grinzane Cavour for Narrativa Straniera (1996) From the author of OurA publishing sensation in the 1970s and 1980s, Son of Singapore traces the extraordinary upbringing of an Everyman. As a Teochew farm boy coming of age during the Japanese Occupation, Tan Kok Seng enters the "university of the world" at only 15, becoming a coolie at the Orchard Road market. On his rounds to the homes of the "Red Hairs", he befriends a group of Chinese dialect speaking Caucasians who inspire him to improve himself beyond his humble