Blogs in August 2016

A Woman of Bangkok 9th August 2016

Set against a beautifully observed Thailand of the 1950s, this is the story of a young Englishman s infatuation with a dance-hall hostess named Vilai, who all Bangkok knows as The White Leopard. No ordinary prostitute, Vilai is one...

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Bangkok Babylon 11th February 2014

Among these 25 profiles of amazing members of Bangkoks expatriate community who transformed themselves after leaving home are an advertising executive who photographs Bangkoks most beautiful bargirls, an insurance agent who became a modern bounty hunter, a Catholic priest...

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Escape: The True Story of the Only Westerner Ever to Break Out of the Bangkok Hilton 1st January 1970

Reality of life in a Thai prison

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Minor Wife 1st January 1970

A contemporary murder set in Bangkok-a neighbor and friend, a young ex-hooker turned artist, is found dead by an American millionaire’s minor wife. Her rich expat husband hires Calvino to investigate. While searching for the killer in exclusive clubs...

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The Damage Done: Twelve Years Of Hell In A Bangkok Prison 1st January 1970

In 1978, Warren Fellows was convicted in Thailand of heroin trafficking and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Damage Done is his story of an unthinkable nightmare in a place where sewer rats and cockroaches are the only nutritious...

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