From Third World to First: Singapore and the Asian Economic Boom by Lee Kuan Yew and in with an erudite

and in with an erudite discussion of how mountains became such a preoccupation for the modern western imagination

optimism and hope

This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an afterword by the author and an introduction by William Boyd

marking the return of one of South Asia's most compelling storytellers

From Third World to First: Singapore and the Asian Economic Boom by Lee Kuan Yew and in with an eruditeFew gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the world's fourthhighest per capita real income? The story of that transformation is told here by Singapore's charismatic, controversial founding father, Lee Kuan Yew.