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The Singapore Grip by J.G. Farrell

The Singapore Grip: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Empire series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Singapore Grip runs 25.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mike Grady (about 16.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

25.4listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 25.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Singapore Grip at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day51 days
1 hour / day26 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 25.4 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

150 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Singapore Grip is book 3 of J.G. Farrell's Empire series: a 25.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Mike Grady, released July 30, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
25.4 hrs
Narrated by
Mike Grady
Released
July 30, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War, Literary Fiction
Series
Empire Trilogy #3
ISBN
9780593168967

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Singapore Grip as an audiobook?

The Singapore Grip runs 25.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.9 hours.

Is The Singapore Grip free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Singapore Grip?

The Singapore Grip is narrated by Mike Grady.

Is The Singapore Grip worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.9 hours, saving 8.5 hours.