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In one of the last remaining jungles in
Singapore, an old bicycle is unearthed in an
archaeological dig. Its discovery brings the
elderly Lim Ah Cheng back to a time when he rode
with his life on the line…
Meticulously researched by the creator of
Singapore’s first daily comic strip The
House of Lim, cartoonist Cheah
Sinann, The Bicycle tells
the tale of Toshiro Iwakura, an aristocratic,
battle-hardened private haunted by his desire to
cycle in the Olympics, and five-year-old street
urchin Ah Cheng, who dreams of nothing more than
learning how to ride a bike. Their paths cross
during the Japanese Occupation, when a unique
bond formed over two wheels is quickly put to a
life-or-death test.
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