The Singapore Grip

The Singapore Grip is a novel by J. G. Farrell. It was published in 1978, a year before his death.

The Singapore Grip
First edition
AuthorJ. G. Farrell
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreBritish colonial fiction
Postcolonial literature
PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication date
1978
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages558
ISBN0-297-77445-X
Preceded byThe Siege of Krishnapur 

In 2015, The Straits Times' Akshita Nanda selected The Singapore Grip as one of ten classic Singapore novels. She wrote, "Neatly weaving in snappy, comic summaries of Singapore history as well as the commercial and cultural forces that shaped the trajectory of World War II in South-east Asia and China, The Singapore Grip is also a powerful cure for post-colonial malaise with its details of the British elite's snobbery towards people of Chinese, Indian, Malay, Eurasian and American descent."[1]

Plot

The Singapore Grip is a satirical book about events following Japan's entry into the Second World War by invading South East Asia and swiftly occupying Singapore. The story centres on a British family who control one of the colony's leading trading companies. The title derives from a slang phrase describing a sexual technique sometimes used by prostitutes.

Television adaptation

The Singapore Grip is being adapted as a series for Britain's ITV Television. Luke Treadaway, David Morrissey and Elizabeth Tan are to star in an “epic and ambitious” TV adaptation of Booker Prize winner J.G. Farrell’s 1978 novel.[2]

gollark: Mysterious. I wonder how they manage *that*. Does it just not run the display unless you wake it up or something?
gollark: I see.
gollark: I have a Casio nonsmart watch, it's just nonsmart.
gollark: Bowling watches?
gollark: There was some "Pebble" smartwatch which had some of this, but they got acquired and now all is bee.

References
  1. Nanda, Akshita. "10 Singapore stories to ponder". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. "When is The Singapore Grip on TV?". Radio Times. 15 September 2019.
  • The Singapore Grip from New York Review Books Classics
  • The Singapore Grip (British TV series)


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