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The Queen of Patpong

The Queen of Patpong

Author(s): Timothy Hallinan

Location(s): Bangkok

Genre(s): Thriller

Era(s): Modern

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Poke and his family seem at last to have found stability. Poke and Rose are married, and Miaow, now a complicated and sometimes difficult sixth-grader in one of Bangkok’s international schools, is playing the spirit Ariel in a production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.”

Then it’s all threatened by the appearance of a nightmare figure from Rose’s past, who threatens not only the family’s emotional survival, but also their lives. Poke learns that there are secrets buried in Rose’s past, secrets he might not be able to accept. But the only hope is for him to discover the whole truth of Rose’s long transformation – the journey into darkness that turned a shy, awkward, village teenager into the “queen” of the top bar in Asia’s most lurid red-light district, Patpong Road.
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I often find myself travelling to Asia, and Bangkok and always really enjoy reading a book set in the city, so Timothy Hallinan has been a great find, as he really captures the pulse...

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