FROM a poignant graphic novel to an anthology of love poems to a collection of non-fiction essays, the best local books make you look at life on this little island in a different light:
Last Train From Tanjong Pagar
By Koh Hong Teng
Epigram Books, $26.64
ONE of the breeziest reads of 2014 is Koh Hong Teng's graphic novel Last Train From Tanjong Pagar, which depicts various characters connected to the now-closed Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. Based on history tours conducted by Lai Chee Kien, Last Train makes you nostalgic about the railway station and other local landmarks with its beautifully spare illustrations.
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