Lion City by Jeevan Vasagar

Lion City by Jeevan Vasagar

Jeevan Vasagar is a superb and evocative writer, and Lion City is a compelling, illuminating and personal history that will be regarded as the definitive book on Singapore - and one of the great city chronicles.

Unexpectedly moving..a good introduction for the general reader suddenly turns to questions of love, grief, deceit and identity -- Sholto Byrnes * The TLS *
Vasagar gives Singapore a fair-and detailed-shake * Asian Review of Books *
A comprehensive look at the sleek city-state that strongman Lee Kuan Yew forged into a model society of authority and order. * Kirkus Reviews *
[An] enlightening look at how Singapore has become what it is today. * Washington Independent Review of Books *

Jeevan Vasagar is a writer and award-winning journalist. From 2015 to 2017, he was Singapore and Malaysia correspondent for the Financial Times, travelling the region to report on demands for political reform, technological innovation and the growing influence of China.

Before that he was the FT's Berlin correspondent, and he spent twelve years at the Guardian, in a range of roles including East Africa correspondent in Nairobi, and education editor in London. His writing has also appeared in The Economist, the LA Times and the New Statesman.

He can be found on Twitter: @jeevanvasagar

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ISBN 13	9781408713594
ISBN 10	1408713594
Title	Lion City
Author	Jeevan Vasagar
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2021-08-09
Number of pages	336
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