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The Singapore Grip (New York Review Books Classics)
The Singapore Grip - New York Review Books Classics
Author: J.G. Farrell
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 matc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781590171363
ISBN-10: 1590171365
Publication Date: 1/31/2005
Pages: 568
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Publisher: New York Review Books Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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A sotry of big business, price fixing, politics and intrigue in Singapore, 1939. Could not stop reading despite my husband's "hollering" to turn out the light.


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