Singapore Black by William L Gibson

Singapore Black by William L Gibson

Singapore/Malaya, 1892: When a dead American is found floating in Rochor Canal, Chief Detective Inspector David Hawksworth begins an investigation that quickly leads into a labyrinth of deceit and violence in the polyglot steamcooker of turnofthecentury Singapore. As Chinese gangs verge on open turf war and powerful commercial enterprises vie for control of the economy, a stolen statue that houses an ancient Hindu goddess becomes the object of a pursuit with a mounting body count, and its seems that everyone is suffering from maniacal erotic nightmares. Will Hawksworth be able to restore order before the colony is tipped into a bloodbath? Explore the dark underbelly of nineteenthcentury Singapore's Chinatown and colonial district in this hardboiled historical thriller trilogy, comprising Singapore Black, Singapore Yellow and Singapore Red.

William L. Gibson is a full-time writer and editor of both academic and fiction books, based in Southeast Asia. His recent academic appointments have included lecturing in writing and media at Sampoerna University and SAE Institute in Jakarta. He is former Head of the Department of Digital Journalism at SAE Institute, Singapore, and former Assistant Professor at Singapore's National Institute of Education.

His non-fiction publications include Art and Money in the Writing of Tobias Smollett (2007); In the Land of Pagodas, A. Raquez (translation with Paul Bruthiaux; 2017); and Laotian Pages, A. Raquez (translation with Paul Bruthiaux; 2018). His Singapore Trilogy of hard-boiled crime novels set in 1890s Malaya and Singapore is published by Monsoon Books.

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ISBN 13	9789814423403
ISBN 10	9814423408
Title	Singapore Black
Author	William L Gibson
Series	Detective Hawksworth Trilogy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Monsoon Books
Year published	2014-08-21
Number of pages	256
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