The Devil's Garden: Love and War in Singapore under the Japanese Flag
by Barley, Nigel
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 9814358428
- ISBN 13
- 9789814358422
- Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
Singapore: Monsoon Books, 2011. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Barley's latest novel stays in his familiar territory of Singapore, this time during Worl War II. The story is based on actual, but little known, happenings at Singapore's botanical gardens, where British scientists, together with their Japanese counterparts, continued to work in an uneasy relationship. Barley highlights the tensions between the tranquility of the gardens and the misery in the world beyond the garden gates with flashes of wit and a senitive style. Very Good Paperback First Edition 249 pages. Weight: 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia The book is from the publisher's stock but has very mild tanning on the text block and the pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf (MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SN85
- Title
- The Devil's Garden
- Author
- Barley, Nigel
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 9814358428
- ISBN 13
- 9789814358422
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- Singapore - World War II - English Language Fiction - Horticulture - Singapore Botanical Gardens
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