Lang Reid

Despite the long title to this book Red-Light Nights, Bangkok Daze (ISBN 978-981-08-1076-4, Monsoon Books, 4th edition, 2013), being the 4th edition, it must...

If reincarnation is really what’s ahead, then I am sure my past included a spell as a gangster.  Why?  Because for some unknown reason,...

At a very early stage of my adult life I was advised there were two topics to avoid in discussions.  One was politics and...

I was attracted to this week’s review book by a remark on the front cover attributed to famous drug smuggler Howard Marks, whose book...

I think I just failed ChickLit 101.  I recall that I failed it once before, many years ago, and ended up having a deluge...

This week’s book is a follow-on from Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s book Freakonomics.  Super Freakonomics (ISBN 978-0-141-04832-1, Penguin Books, 2011) promises on the...

Many years ago now, a man came into the Pattaya Mail offices with some black and white cartoons.  He showed these to Dr. Iain...

The Forbidden Goodbye of a Husband’s Suicide Written by the wife of a man who committed suicide, this is a very harrowing and moving...

Another book with strong local content, Thai Kiss (ISBN978-1-938369-02-5, Aardwolfe Books, 2013) was written by Matt Carrell and is his second book, the first...