{"product_id":"the-singapore-grip-9781590171363","title":"The Singapore Grip","description":"\u003cp\u003eSingapore, 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 match, the son of Blackett's partner, is an idealistic sympathizer with the League of Nations and a vegetarian. Business may be booming--what with the war in Europe, the Allies are desperate for rubber and helpless to resist Blackett's price-fixing and market manipulation--but something is wrong. No one suspects that the world of the British Empire, of fixed boundaries between classes and nations, is about to come to a terrible end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA love story and a war story, a tragicomic tale of a city under siege and a dying way of life, \u003ci\u003eThe Singapore Grip\u003c\/i\u003e completes the \"Empire Trilogy\" that began with \u003ci\u003eTroubles\u003c\/i\u003e and the Booker prize-winning \u003ci\u003eSiege of Krishnapur\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590171363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 4.98w x 1.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 192\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"J. G. Farrell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660811366556,"sku":"9781590171363","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0c34782d-03a7-4167-a10c-6818dc7f28eb.jpg?v=1603897594","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-singapore-grip-9781590171363","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}