Daniel Saul Lev lay stricken in bed. Six months had passed since he had been diagnosed with lung cancer in January, 2006. The health of this emeritus professor, who taught political science for 29 years at the University of Washington, had declined drastically. On the bed, Danas he was knownappeared weak and anxious. Arlene suspected that the cause of her husband,s anxiety was a book he was yet to finish writing: a biography of Yap Thiam Hien.

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