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Lim Thean Soo

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in Penang, Malaysia

October 19, 1924

Died

February 12, 1991

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Lim Thean Soo was a civil servant most of his life and was Comptroller of Customs in Singapore. He has published novels, books of short stories and a volume of poems. He describes his first novel Southward Lies the Fortress (1971) as a "history in novel form" about the Japanese seige and eventual conquest of Singapore. The poems are collected in The Liberation of Lily and Other Poems. Of his many short stories, "The Expatriate" was published in ONE: The Anthology (2012) edited by Robert Yeo. ...more

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	Written Country: The History of Singapore through Literature by Gwee Li Sui (Goodreads Author) (Editor and Contributor), Aileen Lau (Contributor), Felix Cheong (Contributor) 3.55 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One: The Anthology by S. Rajaratnam (Editor and Contributor), S. Rajaratnam (Contributor), Lim Thean Soo (Contributor) 3.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ricky Star liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tapestry: A Collection of Short Stories by Helen Lee (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gopal Baratham (Contributor), Nalla Tan (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eleven Bizarre Tales 1.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blues and Carnations 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Siege of Singapore 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Towkay of Produce Street 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Singapore Writing by Chandran Nair (Editor and Contributor), Bilahari Kausikan (Contributor), Lim Thean Soo (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It was past midnight. From the carpark of the apartment blocks, a human figure with an unsteady gait emerged.”
― Lim Thean Soo, Ricky Star

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