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Return to a Sexy Island: Notes From a New Singapore
Neil Humphreys
Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, 2012
ISBN: 9789814382670

Singapore got sexy and Neil Humphreys got jealous. After five years chasing echidnas and platypuses in Australia, Neil returns to Singapore to see if the rumours were true. Like an old girlfriend getting a lusty makeover, the island transformed while he was away - throwing up casinos and theme parks; building bridges, linking forests, encouraging Singaporeans to work, rest and play (preferably at a casino, but not for free); and even giving the political opposition more power than ever before. With Humphreys characteristic wit, Return to a Sexy Island provides an insightful account of new Singapore - its best bits, its ugly bits and, most important of all, what it's really like to pee in the world's best toilet.

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