pickFrom the 19th century to a future derelict and doomed Bangkok, this is a story of lost men and women. The strands that connect them are centered around a house. Lovely, elegiac, love song for a city.
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pickFrom the 19th century to a future derelict and doomed Bangkok, this is a story of lost men and women. The strands that connect them are centered around a house. Lovely, elegiac, love song for a city.
pickMagical book from the #tob2020 longlist. I‘ve never read a book from Thailand before but this gave such a vivid, sensory impression of Bangkok I felt like I was living and breathing it so much. Intricate plotting and characterisation and such fantastic description, so many different aspects of life in Bangkok, if you like dense, evocative, melancholy cities this is for you.
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1st edition of a great book with a wonderful cover! Picked it up in Bangkok in 2004ish - a friend of a friend of a co-worker (or something) knew the authors and invited us to the release party at Jim Thompson's house after hours. We were allowed to wander around the house and gardens without an official tour guide. Very posh. One of the few times in life I have felt oh so glamorous!
1. Tagged: Cockroaches by Jo Nesbo
2. The Secret Wisdom of the Earth ?
3. 93 and sunny
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pickThis was entertaining! I think the Jo Nesbø atmosphere is not quite there yet since this is one of his early books but it's close. Also why put an Ikea knife on the cover if it clearly doesn't make an appearance in the book? The description of knifes in this book are very detailed so the person who made the cover could find all the needed info for the right kind of knife in the book if they wanted. 🤔
pickCool interlocking stories set in, around, or about Bangkok. Some set in the future, some in the past. Really cool.
