As seen through the candid if short-sighted eyes of his wife, the rise and fall of a military strongman in 1950s and 1960s Thailand that is a probing, ironic portrait of the Thai elite, as valid today as it was then: welcome to a world of make-believe, sincere opportunism and vapid and wanton gossip.
Built on flashbacks that span a lifetime and a large number of characters, this novel, besides its central themes of alienation and insistent search for wisdom, is also a discreet plea in favour of women's education.
THE MURDER CASE OF TOK IMAM STORPA KARDE Siriworn Kaewkan
Who killed the old imam, and why? The novel every Thai, everyone concerned with the situation in Thailand’s deep South, should read.
THE 20 BEST NOVELS OF THAILAND marcel barang
Everything you wanted to know about modern Thai literature – 20 novels, 18 authors: biographies, plots, book excerpts and book reviews, warts and all.
MAD DOGS & CO Chart Korbjitti
Patpong, Pattaya, Phuket and other paradises for a gang of mad dogs and sundry sonzabitches. Thai hippiedom in its 1980s heyday. By the author of The Judgmentand Time, both novels crowned by the SEA Write Award.
CARRION FLOATING BY Chart Korbjitti
Trigger a car crash and you are fair game. Creepy tricks, dry wit. By the author of The Judgment, Mad Dogs & Co, Time and other memorable novels.
THE 20 BEST NOVELS OF THAILAND marcel barang
Everything you wanted to know about modern Thai literature – 20 novels, 18 authors: biographies, plots, book excerpts and book reviews, warts and all.
THE JUDGMENT Chart Korbjitti
All guilty. This epoch-making novel, set in the rural central Thailand of the 1980s, is a scathing satire and chilling endictment of modern society. Winner of the 1982 SEA Write Award.
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MAD DOGS & CO Chart Korbjitti
Patpong, Pattaya, Phuket and other paradises for a gang of mad dogs and sundry sonzabitches. Thai hippiedom in its 1980s heyday. By the author of The Judgmentand Time, both novels crowned by the SEA Write Award.
CARRION FLOATING BY Chart Korbjitti
Trigger a car crash and you are fair game. Creepy tricks, dry wit. By the author of The Judgment, Mad Dogs & Co, Time and other memorable novels.
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