The Singapore Grip

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By J.G. Farrell

Series: W&N Essentials

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Set in Singapore on the eve of the Japanese invasion during the Second World War, The Singapore Grip follows the affluent Blackett family whose life of tennis parties, cocktails and deferential servants seems steadfast. However, beneath this veneer lies an impending crisis as the city stands on the brink of monumental change. The novel vividly recreates the tense atmosphere and complex relationships at a historical crossroads with passion and authenticity.
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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 the Blacketts, their friends and enemies, but many individuals are caught up in the events. Singapore at this historical watershed has never been so faithfully and passionately recreated.

The Singapore Grip by J.G. Farrell captures this dramatic moment in history with evocative detail and compelling narrative.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781857994926

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 1996

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 194.0mm

Weight: 485g

Pages: 704

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About the Author

J.G. Farrell was born in Liverpool in 1935 and spent a good deal of his life abroad, including periods in France and Ireland, where he spent much of his childhood, and a prolonged visit to the Far East to research the background for this novel. Among his novels, TROUBLES won the Faber Memorial Prize in 1970 and THE SIEGE OF KRISHNAPUR won the Booker Prize in 1973. He died in 1979.

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