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The Singapore Grip
- By: J.G. Farrell
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 25 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
Singapore, 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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Satiric story of colonization
- By TiffanyD on 12-31-20
- The Singapore Grip
- By: J.G. Farrell
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
Vividness
Reviewed: 03-22-24
Vivid characters and powerful picture of ending of British empire. Very funny at times along with dessert of doom.
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