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Author | Johann S. Lee |
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Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | Cannon International |
Publication date | 1992 |
Publication place | Singapore |
Media type | Print ( Paperback) |
ISBN | 981-00-3557-8 |
OCLC | 29415955 |
LC Class | MLCS 92/05580 (P) |
Peculiar Chris is a novel which deals with gay themes by Johann S. Lee, published in Singapore by Cannon International in 1992.
Lee wrote the book, his first novel, [1]: 54 while doing his National Service in Singapore at the age of 19. It was published a year later. The book recounts the coming of age, and coming out, of Chris through his experience with the deaths of his father and his lover Samuel, [1]: 54 the latter from AIDS. [2] Chris meets his first lover, Kenneth, in Singapore, where Kenneth has traveled from Indonesia to study; he meets his second lover, Jack, in Sydney after he travels to Australia to come out, [2] [3] and leaves for London, the birthplace of Maurice, after Samuel's death. [2] It is also noteworthy for documenting how the military bureaucracy reacts when a soldier comes out in Singapore. [4]
The book was translated into Italian in 1997, under the shortened title of 'Chris'.
Singaporean playwright Alfian Sa'at adapted the novel into the play Happy Endings: Asian Boys Vol. 3. It was staged by W!LD RICE, a Singapore theatre company, from 11 to 29 July 2007.
It was reprinted in 2008.