num_pages: 251
description: At one time, expatriate Jack Flowers was the youngest drinker at Singapore's Bandung Club. Now, at 53, he is a fixture. But he is beginning to fear death, alone and vulnerable in the alien tropics. And Jack still dreams of success. How can he convert his "perfect dream of magic" into reality, away from the seamy waterfront that has become his home? A funny and sophisticated novel from an acclaimed and popular writer.
language: English
title: Saint Jack
titlecomplete: Saint Jack
genres: Fiction, Contemporary, American, Asia, American Fiction, Travel, Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 726
places: Singapore
publisher: Hamish Hamilton