{"product_id":"the-first-fools-b-sides-of-lee-kuan-yew-s-a-team","title":"The First Fools: B-Sides of Lee Kuan Yew’s A-Team","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingapore’s founding fathers are the stuff of legend. Much has been written about the indomitable Lee Kuan Yew who transformed a nation from mudflats into metropolis, as well as his fellow Old Guard who left their stamp on almost every aspect of Singapore’s DNA, from the economy to diplomacy to housing. But that is not the whole story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee, the 10 larger-than-life personalities who signed the Separation Agreement in 1965 were the nation’s founding fathers. But they were also men — men who fell in love, who kept secrets, who wrote ghost stories, who played sports (not just golf). They were businessmen, bitter men, and some of the best men Singapore has ever seen. Their names are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Lee Kuan Yew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e- Yong Nyuk Lin\u003cbr\u003e- E. W. Barker\u003cbr\u003e- Goh Keng Swee\u003cbr\u003e- Jek Yeun Thong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e- Lim Kim San\u003cbr\u003e- Ong Pang Boon\u003cbr\u003e- Othman Wok\u003cbr\u003e- S. Rajaratnam\u003cbr\u003e- Toh Chin Chye\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the authors of \u003cem\u003eThe Last Fools: The Eight Immortals of Lee Kuan Yew\u003c\/em\u003e comes \u003cem\u003eThe First Fools: B-Sides of Lee Kuan Yew’s A-Team\u003c\/em\u003e. Each chapter in this anthology offers readers a different slice of the same story, one that, in the case of many of the Old Guard, has largely been forgotten. Instead of Lee Kuan Yew, the leader, comes Lee Kuan Yew, the lover; instead of S. Rajaratnam, the diplomat, comes S. Rajaratnam, the fiction writer. Many of these stories are relatively unknown to the public, and yet they are gems in history that capture a softer, more intimate side of Singapore’s first-generation leaders. It is a timely read as the nation they helped build commemorates its 60th year of independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeh Shing Huei \u003c\/strong\u003eis a journalist and author of 13 books, including numerous Singaporean No. 1 bestsellers. His book, \u003cem\u003eWhen the Party Ends: China’s Leaps and Stumbles after the Beijing Olympics\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2016 and has been cited by major international news outlets. His books have sold over 100,000 copies. He previously served as a news editor and China bureau chief at The Straits Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSue-Ann Chia\u003c\/strong\u003e is a journalist and editor of the No. 1 bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Price of Being Fair,\u003c\/em\u003e which won the Popular Readers’ Choice Awards in 2023. She also co-authored the No. 1 bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Last Fools\u003c\/em\u003e. She was a senior political correspondent with The Straits Times and a copyeditor at TODAY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAaron Low\u003c\/strong\u003e is an author and journalist specializing in economics, finance, and business. He has authored and edited three books, including the No. 1 bestsellers \u003cem\u003eBehind The Banyan\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBoardroom Knockout\u003c\/em\u003e. He was a deputy business editor at The Straits Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePearl Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e is a journalist focusing on education, politics, and social issues. She authored the children's book \u003cem\u003eReady, Set, Fiyah\u003c\/em\u003e and co-authored \u003cem\u003eBoardroom Knockout, Behind the Mask,\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e One Havelock Square\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Best Hybrid Book prize at the Singapore Book Awards in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamantha Boh\u003c\/strong\u003e is a journalist who writes extensively on sustainability and science. She co-authored three No. 1 bestselling titles: T\u003cem\u003ehe Last Fools, The Price of Being Fair,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLee Ek Tieng: The Green General of Lee Kuan Yew\u003c\/em\u003e. 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