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Debra (USA: OR) (2011/04/02):
Description:
'Kampung Chicken' is the story of Sui, a hen that wakes up one morning to find her sister has been taken away to the marketplace. Shock and despair is followed by a resolve to save the eggs she is carrying from the same fate, which means, escape...'Kampung Chicken' is an adventure story that captures the flavor of life in the kampung with passion and imagination. It makes the reader look beyond the romanticism of the kampung to the bitter realities that must be faced in a world where life is short and the perils are many. Ravi Veloo, a Singaporean, is a journalist who has worked in Melbourne, Syney and Singapore. He is a graduate of Monash University, Australia. Ravi grew up on the fringes of the kampungs in Toa Payoh and he always wanted to write a story based on kampung life. 'Kampung Chicken' is his first novel.
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