BOOK REVIEW: Paradise Lost: Mahathir & the End of Hope

By Dennis Ignatius, self-published, softcover, 320 pp, available through Gerakbudaya, RM60.

Sep 12, 2021

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Dennis Ignatius loves his country. This is his final citizen testament. ‘Paradise Lost’ is a lament of love by a patriot in despair. No local publisher was willing, so he had to self-publish with cash upfront. For a diplomat who represented his country with distinction for 36 years, the corrosion of governance rankles along with the racial divide at sch…

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Cyril Pereira

Resident 35 years in Hong Kong. Operations Director with SCMP, Publisher of Asia Magazine, and currently adviser to China Daily (HK) on data journalism. Wrote the Wine Column for Asia Magazine from 1995.