Jasmine Nights

Author(s): S P Somtow

Location(s): Bangkok

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Early 1960s

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This is the story of a 12-year-old Thai boy called Mr Little Frog. The year is 1963 and he lives on the family estate in Bangkok. He refuses to accept that he is Thai, eats English food, speaks only English and answers to the name of Justin.

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This is an enjoyable book about a young boy growing up in a wealthy family compound in Thailand, great for imagery, very evocative – klongs, scented air: “As evening falls in our pocket universe,...