Lang Reid
A Woman of Bangkok
The classic book describing the relationship between a love-sick young Englishman and the ultimate hardened Thai female prostitute. Set in the 1950’s, and...
Bangkok Hard Time
There must be something in the water in the notorious “Bangkok Hilton” prison which brings out the literary side of the inmates. The...
Sex on the Moon
Ben Mezrich (a previously published author of 11 books) has written Sex on the Moon (ISBN 978-0-434-02079-9, Random House, 2011), and I suppose...
The Master Builder
There are two reasons that I chose this book, The Master Builder written by Charles Sale (ISBN 0-370-30927-8, Putnam and Company, 1982, but...
1001 little ways to spend less and live well
This week’s book is 1001 little ways to spend less and live well (ISBN 978-1-84732-350-7, Carlton Books, printed in Dubai 2009). The compiler...
Maximum Security
This week’s book review is of Maximum Security (ISBN 978-1-84193-755-7, Arcturus Publishing 2009) by Karen Farrington and has the subtitle Inside stories from...
Bangkok Days
The publishing world appears to have a set of rules all its own. I will stop short of calling its conduct ‘subterfuge’, but...
Fresh-Air Fiend
This week’s book was written by the famed travel writer Paul Theroux, though a “book” is probably a misnomer. It is in fact,...
Unreliable Sources
There is always some doubt when you read of a police enquiry into the police. How objective are the results? So when a...
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