RaveNPRHis transformation is virtuosic. First, Liew had to make his book look like a real dossier of an artist's work. His results are perfectly believable ... It's his versatility, though, that's really dazzling. Also enjoyable is his ability to acerbically polemicize Singaporean history stretching back to World War II ... The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye mourns all the creators who have never been permitted to thrive in Singapore. Liew's own existence seems to be evidence of a change.
