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Book review: The First Fools makes Singapore's 10 ‘founding fathers' flesh and blood again
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The First Fools: B-Sides Of Lee Kuan Yew's A-Team explores the colourful lives of Singapore's "founding fathers" such as Mr Lee Kuan Yew (second from right), Mr S. Rajaratnam (second from left), Dr Toh Chin Chye (centre, in black spectacles) and Mr Jek Yeun Thong (in black pants).
In primary school, this reviewer came into possession of a yellowed sheet of laminated paper, on which the headshots of Singapore's 10 'founding fathers' were arranged haphazardly.
They stared, their expression somewhere between stoic and emotionless; meeting their eyes, one was wont to feel nothing too.
