{"product_id":"the-devils-garden","title":"The Devil's Garden","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGardens are magical places — images of Nature and Culture, models of paradise, spaces where plants live in war and peace, co-operation and competition. It is 1942 and Singapore is Syonanto, part of the Japanese Empire, where violence and starvation stalk the streets but in the Singapore Botanic Gardens a bizarre tranquillity reigns between warring nations and even love awakes as old identities melt away in the heady atmosphere of the Orchid House. From its unique perspective and with a mixture of humour and romance, \u003cem\u003eThe Devil's Garden\u003c\/em\u003e pictures a formative moment in the emergence of Singapore, where loyalties are less secure than those of the official histories and truth is anything but simple. Love and war in Singapore under the Japanese flag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNigel Barley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas born in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKingston upon Thames\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1947. He gained his bachelor's degree in modern languages at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCambridge University, and his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edoctorate\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esocial anthropology\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOxford University. He worked for some years as an academic at London University and then served from 1980 to 2003 as an assistant keeper of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEthnography\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBritish Museum.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-JRank_3-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarley's first travel book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Innocent Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1983), gave a popular account of anthropological fieldwork among the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDowayo\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epeople of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCameroon. Barley then worked as an anthropologist in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIndonesia. His first book based on his time there was the humorous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot a Hazardous Sport\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1989) describing his anthropological experiences in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTana Toraja\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the mountains of central\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSulawesi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarley has written on many other subjects including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSir James Brooke, the \"white rajah\" of Sarawak.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHe has been twice nominated for the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTravelex\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWriter of the Year Award. In 2002, he won the Foreign Press Association prize for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etravel writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123272200305,"sku":"9789814358422","price":18.5,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/The_Devils_Garden_by_Nigel_Barley_00.jpg?v=1602763188","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-devils-garden","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}