[PDF.77rd] The Singapore Grip (New York Review Books Classics)

The Singapore Grip (New York Review Books Classics)

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 | #407843 in Books |  Farrell, J. G./ Mahon, Derek (INT) |  2005-01-31 |  2005-01-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.10 x1.20 x5.00l, | File type: PDF | 584 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Brilliantly Written Entertaining Character Driven Story of British Imperialsm & the Fall of Singapore in WWII|By isecond|The Singapore Grip tells the story of the fall of Singapore to the Japanese during World War II, as seen from the view of characters inhabiting the heart of British Imperialism. The firm of Blackett and Web has prospered via every opportunity offered by Brit| ||"A brilliant, complex, richly absurd and melancholy monument to the follies and splendours of Empire."|— Hilary Spurling||"[This] vivid, multi-dimensional portrait of Singapore…is a superbly constructed book, enjoyable on many different levels."|

Singapore, 1939: life on the eve of World War II just isn't what it used to be for Walter Blackett, head of British Singapore's oldest and most powerful firm. No matter how forcefully the police break one strike, the natives go on strike somewhere else. His daughter keeps entangling herself with the most unsuitable beaus, while her intended match, the son of Blackett's partner, is an idealistic sympathizer with the League of Nations and a vegetarian. Business may...

You easily download any file type for your device.The Singapore Grip (New York Review Books Classics)   |  J.G. Farrell. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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