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The Singapore Grip

By: J. G. Farrell
Narrated by: Mike Grady
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A classic novel by a Booker Prize-winning author.

Singapore just before the Japanese invasion in the Second World War: the Blackett family's prosperous world of tennis parties, cocktails and deferential servants seems unchanging. But it is poised on the edge of the abyss. This is the eve of the fall of Singapore and, as we know, of much else besides.

Not only are the Blacketts caught up in the events - their friends, enemies and many individuals are, too. Singapore at this historical watershed has never been so faithfully and passionately re-created.

©2010 J. G. Farrell (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction Singapore Imperial Japan China
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I do not generally give such a high rating to books but in this case it is warranted. The storyline is credible and the characters well developed. I learned facts about colonial enterprises in Burma and Malaya of which I was unaware and led me to further research. It held my attention to the end.

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