Lang Reid
Escape: The Past
A couple of years ago I reviewed David McMillan’s book Escape, his story of his escape from the notorious Bangkok Hilton prison. Flushed with...
Laundry Man
Another crime thriller this week for review. Jake Needham’s earlier manuscript Tea Money has been expanded and is now under the title Laundry...
Fairy Tales for Little Children
Children do tend to get ignored by publishers and retail outlets. Look at the shelf space dedicated to pulp fiction and then try...
Seven Years in Asia – a Wanderer’s Tale
Another book from an ex-pat writer domiciled in Thailand came across the reviewer’s desk at the end of 2011. Robert Baldwin, a well...
The Wisdom of Beer
Christopher G Moore’s latest novel, The Wisdom of Beer (ISBN 978-616-7503-11-0, Heaven Lake Press, 2012) is set in Pattaya, with many of the...
The Dead Do Talk
The Dead Do Talk is an autobiography (ISBN 978-981-4302-73-9, Marshall Cavendish Editions, Singapore, 2011) written by the highly regarded Thai forensic pathologist, Dr. Porntip...
A Woman of Bangkok
The classic book describing the relationship between a love-sick young Englishman and the ultimate hardened Thai female prostitute. Set in the 1950’s, and...
Bangkok Hard Time
There must be something in the water in the notorious “Bangkok Hilton” prison which brings out the literary side of the inmates. The...
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Watch the Pattaya International Fireworks Festival from Avani Rooftop
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