Philip Jeyaretnam Singapore

Bio
A Cambridge-educated lawyer, Philip Jeyaretnam is an award-winning writer, whose first book First Loves (1987), comprising nine linked stories, was on The Straits Times bestseller list for a record 18 months. He later wrote two more novels, Raffles Place Ragtime (1988), which deals with the rat race, and Abraham’s Promise (1995), which was highly commended in the 1996 NBDCS Awards, Tigers in Paradise (2004) collect both works, and include two essays on Singaporean literature in English. A senior counsel in private practice and an adjunct professor at NUS, Jeyaretnam has been President of the Law Society since 2004.

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