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Peculiar Chris
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Wikipedia article
'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, 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, the latter from AIDS. 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, and leaves for London, the birthplace of 'Maurice', after Samuel's death. It is also noteworthy for documenting how the military bureaucracy reacts when a soldier comes out in Singapore.
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.
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Category:Novels with gay themes
Category:Singaporean novels
Category:1992 novels
Category:LGBT culture in Singapore
Category:Novels set in Singapore
Category:1990s LGBT novels
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