Book Review: All Broken Up and Dancing - By Kelvin Tan

Here's a book which I strongly recommend, but I believe it's out of print. I bought it when I was going through some difficult times during my teenage years. I bought it back in 1993 and it has been with me ever since. To me, I have never read such a touching, emotional, real story from a Singaporean. Kelvin really triggered deep thoughts about being a Singaporen. It definately changed my perspective and views.

I'll do a repost again with a short summary of the essence captured in the book. Meanwhile, since it's out of print the best way is to scan all the 2nd hand books stores just to see if you're lucky. I tried buying more copies over the years but managed to buy only 2 copies which I gave to 2 friends (1 from secondary school and 1 from my NS).

Information:
Paperback: 279 pagesDimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 8.0 x 5.15Publisher: Simpleman Books (1998)Originally published: Thesaurus Media Publications (1992) ISBN: 981-00-3998-0Copyright: Kelvin Tan, 1992

Kelvin's website: http://www.dialecticrealm.com

Kelvin's views on his writing (source: www.dialeticrealm.com)

"My writing mirrors the trauma of not so much being Singaporean, but being a human caught between different voices and narratives. It's a constant obsession of mine that the voices say that true existing is always a lot more disturbing than we'd like to admit. Which is why I have no regard for Artists who take the easy way out. It reflects their insincerity to everything." - Kelvin Tan