Tangerine

by Colin Cheong

156 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[zed · Rating 2 out of 5]

33-year-old Singaporean Nick heads to Ho Chi Min City to ride with the local people via bus to Hue and then a flight to Hanoi to meet up with a bunch of old University pals. On his trip Nick tried to talk to the locals, but had little to say to them due to language barriers and hung out with other English speakers.

I suspect that this is a roman à clef and even though this was an easy-to-read novella, it lacked the depth that a more mature writer may have been able to flesh out.

[Teck Wu · Rating 2 out of 5]

A backpacker’s perspective of Vietnam. Quite bland, maybe because he only did touristy-backpacker things.

[Saswadharani]

Good book

[Rowena Dawsom · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautifully written book of self discovery whilst travelling in Vietnam in the 90’s but still so relevant to today.

[Kerissa]

I stop reading the book halfway through it a few years back.