{"product_id":"lion-city-9780349144481","title":"Lion City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLion City\u003c\/i\u003e tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world''s most successful city state.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1965, Singapore''s GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed Malaysia, Singapore found itself independent - and facing a crisis. It took the bloody-minded determination and vision of Lee Kuan Yew, its founding premier, to take a small island of diverse ethnic groups with a fragile economy and hostile neighbours and meld it into Asia''s first globalised city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. \u003ci\u003eLion City\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal, insightful and essential guide to the city, and how its remarkable rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the worl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnexpectedly moving...a good introduction for the general reader suddenly turns to questions of love, grief, deceit and identity -- Sholto Byrnes * The TLS *\u003cbr\u003eVasagar gives Singapore a fair-and detailed-shake * Asian Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eA comprehensive look at the sleek city-state that strongman Lee Kuan Yew forged into a model society of authority and order. * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e[An] enlightening look at how Singapore has become what it is today. * Washington Independent Review of Books *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733660152151,"sku":"9780349144481","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349144481.jpg?v=1720001081","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lion-city-9780349144481","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}