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Exceptional Gifts that Speak to the Creative Soul

Landmark Books/ Paperback/ 246 pages/ $26/ Available here F. Scott Fitzgerald's beloved classic novel The Great Gatsby (1925), which has just entered the public domain, has touched numerous lives - including that of writer Tie, who wanted to pay homage to it in his debut novel. This Life Electric draws on The Great Gatsby's motifs to tell the story of Will, a disaffected young man who returns to Singapore after seven years abroad and is invited by his old friend, charming party host Donny, to live in a blue shophouse called The Haven. Will becomes enmeshed in the goings-on at The Haven and th...