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Spanning the years from the 30s to the 80s, Rojak Rebel is an illuminating portrait of a passionate idealist. Through a crazy paving of anecdotes and essays, Gerald takes the reader into the flow of his variegated world. Whether it is an evocation of his childhood days in Katong or a recounting of his escapes from the Japanese and the Communists, his is a fascinating, sometimes touching, story told with wit and eloquence. Rojak Rebel was first published in 1991.
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Publisher
Marshall Cavendish EditionsYear
2009eBook ISBN
9789814634915Edition
0Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- The Author
- Contents
- Preface by Judith Prakash
- Foreword to Rojak Rebel by Dennis Bloodworth
- The Explosions That Shook and Changed My Life
- My Singapore Childhood
- The Menagerie That Was My Home
- A Victory for God, Mrs Grundy and Marital Fidelity
- Adventure at Sea
- The Butchers of Singapore
- Flirting with Death in a POW Camp
- Agnes de Souza, The Indomitable Lady
- I Travel 1,000 Miles on Errand of Mercy
- Having a Bash at the British
- Why I Joined, and Left, the Malayan Communist Party
- The Biggest Thief in Malayan Politics
- Escape from Singapore
- Staring Death in the Face
- Night of Fear in Karachi
- Belly Dance by the Baghdad Express
- A Closed and Lethal Border Bristling with Machine Guns
- The Acropolis and Richard Slanskyâs Fabulous Offer
- The Path to Rome
- Using Time to Purchase Immortality
- Interlude in Rome
- Expulsion from Prague
- British InsularityâA Pertinent Example
- Flying the Flag of Freedom at Osborne House
- Affirming the Humanity of Our Handicapped Children
- Spiritual Food for the Osborne House Boys
- Growing Up on the Football Field
- My Six-Year Campaign in Britain for Malayan Freedom
- David Marshall, Singaporeâs Unique Chief Minister
- The Salvaging of Lulu
- Secret Encounter with Lee Kuan Yew
- He Pulled out a Gun and Shot the Van Driver Dead in Washington, D.C.
- The Dadah Queen of Singapore
- My Little Man Was All Wire and Whipcord
- Making Thugs of Our Children
- EcstasyâThe Worldâs Best Tonic
- How I Love Puasa
- Conscious EvolutionâThe Next Step Forward?
- Adventures in LifeâWhy I Became a Communist
- Adventures with PeopleâThe Communist Party Chiefs
- Adventures with YouthâThe Girl in the Confessional
- Womenâs Lib Motto: âTrust in God; She will provide.â
