The Singapore Grip (New York Review Books Classics)
Contributors: Derek Mahon (Introduction)
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Published: January 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9781590171363
Subjects: Rubber industry and trade; Historical - General; 20th Century English Novel And Short Story; Fiction - General; Strikes and lockouts; Fiction; Singapore; Literary; Fiction / General; Fiction / Literary; British; Classics
First sentence: The city of Singapore was not built up gradually, the way most cities are, by a natural deposit of commerce on the banks of some river or at a traditional confluence of trade routes.