The Dr Siri Paiboun series by Brit ex-pat Colin Cotterill has been joyously received, both for its humour, and its intriguing historical setting, in newly communist 1970s Laos. The books start when 72-year-old Siri is forced to become the...
Max Quinlan is an Australian ex-cop turned PI whose latest case is to find missing business Charles Avery. The trail leads to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Along the way Max will team up with an Australian journalist...
Most of us have experienced the Vietnam War through TV – fires, bombings, B-52s. This book vividly takes you to the Vietnamese villages of Vietnam. He describes the people involved in the conflict, mostly North & South Vietnamese and...
As a small child Loung Ung enjoyed a carefree childhood in Phnom Penh, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official. But as the Khmer Rouge took over the city in the mid 70s her family fled their...
Shanghai, 1925. Irene, a museum curator (and, unofficially, a treasure hunter) is searching for a set of legendary copper scrolls which describe the forgotten history of Cambodia’s ancient Khmer civilisation. Her mentor has sent her to China to enlist...
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