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Death of a Perm Sec

Shortlisted for the 2018 Singapore Literature Prize for Fiction

Finalist for the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize

In 1980s Singapore, a top civil servant is found dead. It appears to be suicide, by a cocktail of morphine, alcohol and Valium. But upon investigation by a CID inspector, who might not be what he seems, the family discover there may be far more sinister circumstances behind his death, reaching the uppermost echelons of government. Death of a Perm Sec exposes the dark heart of power politics, from the country’s tumultuous post-independence days to the socio-political landscape of the 1980s.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 284
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9789814757348
  • Genres
  • fiction, politics
  • Release date
  • 2016