{"product_id":"a-mild-case-of-mass-hysteria-by-felix-cheong-9789815266337","title":"A Mild Case of Mass Hysteria","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA satire about a curious mass hysteria gripping Singapore men in 1967.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1967, a curious phenomenon has Singapore in its vice-like grip. Over 500 men end up in hospitals seeking treatment for a phantom condition—their manhood is shrinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the koro epidemic, when real men go to great lengths to recover their virility—or what they thought they had lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst this backdrop are three young men dealing with the mass hysteria. There is Su Tang, a newbie gangster operating in Chinatown. He falls in love with Yin, a hooker who belongs to Ang Hor Tiap, the only all-women gang known in Singapore. But she rebuffs his advances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is Wee Tiong, a young doctor recently returned from his medical studies in the UK. Yet to come out of his closet, he struggles to live up to his mother's wishes for him to find a nice girl to settle down with before her death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd there is James Yang, a young layabout conscripted into the army. Resentful of the regimented life at first, he finds his purpose in the machismo of guns and drills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eComic and relatable, \u003cem\u003eA Mild Case of Mass Hysteria\u003c\/em\u003e explores how their lives—reflective of the different classes in Singapore—pan out in a young country which, too, has hang-ups about its shortcomings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47781804638444,"sku":"9789815266337","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9789815266337-a-mild-case-of-mass-hysteria.jpg?v=1782291292","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-mild-case-of-mass-hysteria-by-felix-cheong-9789815266337","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}