{"product_id":"the-singapore-grip-by-j-g-farrell","title":"The Singapore Grip by J.G. Farrell","description":"\u003cp\u003eA love story and a war story: a modern classic from Booker prize-winner J.G. Farrell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'For a while he watched the butterflies which still swooped and fluttered in this little glade, impervious to the bombs that had fallen round about.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1939: Walter Blackett, ruthless rubber merchant, is head of British Singapore's oldest and most powerful firm. And his family's prosperous world of tennis parties, cocktails and deferential servants seems unchanging. No one suspects it - but this world is poised on the edge of the abyss. This is the eve of the Fall of Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA love story and a war story, a tragicomic tale of a city under siege and a dying way of life,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Singapore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrip\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a modern classic from a Booker prize-winning author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA brilliant, complex, richly absurd and melancholy monument to the follies and splendours of Empire'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eBook Information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePublished: 08\/09\/2020\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eGenre: Fiction, Classic, Historical Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePages: 681\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eDimensions: 198 x 129mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J.G. Farrell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52476665889078,"sku":"9781474610254","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/files\/Book_55_12587877-3d17-42ca-8115-badfdbb3788f.jpg?v=1753659883","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/the-singapore-grip-by-j-g-farrell","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}