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Jasmine Nights
Jasmine Nights: The Classic Coming of Age Novel of Thailand in the 1960s | S. P. Somtow
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The setting is Thailand and the protagonists are two boys, one Thai, the other African-American. The novel traces their relationship, which is a meeting of East and West. By a Thai-born writer, author of Vampire Junction.
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A semi-autobiographical coming of age story set in #Thailand.

The main character “Justin” lives with his aunts and servants, and refuses to speak his native tongue. After his pet chameleon dies he decides to become a chameleon himself, learning his language, eating Thai food, and making friends.

Overall I enjoyed this, but there is a lot about discovering sex, and the MCs are 12/13 which made it a bit uncomfortable at times…

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Catsandbooks Nice review! 🇵🇾 2y
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