{"product_id":"the-disappearance-of-patrick-zhou-paperback","title":"The Disappearance of Patrick Zhou (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-top: 0.9375rem; margin-bottom: 0.9375rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eA young woman must solve the fifteen-year-old disappearance of her uncle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-top: 0.9375rem; margin-bottom: 0.9375rem;\"\u003eThe Zhou-Guthrie company is a powerful one, with a palm oil fortune built on the suffering of others. One night, Patrick Zhou, the charismatic heir to the business, disappears en route to a conference, never to be seen again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-top: 0.9375rem; margin-bottom: 0.9375rem;\"\u003eFifteen years later, Zhou-Guthrie is a failing dynasty. The matriarch, Doris Zhou, is on her deathbed. In her last lucid moments, Doris tasks her granddaughter, Layla, with finding out what happened to Patrick. To solve this mystery, Layla must uncover corporate espionage, environmental crimes and family secrets—perhaps intimately connected to the ghost stories Uncle Patrick told her years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-top: 0.9375rem; margin-bottom: 0.9375rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-top: 0.9375rem; margin-bottom: 0.9375rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-top: 0.9375rem; margin-bottom: 0.9375rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAlly Chua\u003c\/span\u003e was the 2019 Singapore Unbound Fellow for New York City, and a member of writing collective \/s@ber. She has been published in \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eQLRS\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eCordite Poetry Review\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eLammergeier Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eThimble Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e. Her poetry collection, \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eActs of Self Consumption\u003c\/span\u003e, will be published by Recent Work Press in Spring 2023. \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eThe Disappearance of Patrick Zhou\u003c\/span\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"APD (S) PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45619061817551,"sku":"9789815105308","price":29.32,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_7274364a-da45-4de7-a442-035742bf5aac.jpg?v=1784711470","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/the-disappearance-of-patrick-zhou-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}