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On a steamy night in Bangkok, police detective Sonchai Jitplecheep and his partner Pichai are hot on the trail of a black U.S. Marine Corps sergeant when they find him in his car being, not only bitten to death by cobras but also strangled by a python for good measure. Within minutes, Pichai is also dead. Sonchai, the blond son of an unknown Vietnam-War-era GI and a Thai bar girl, must follow a twin path dictated both by revenge and by the austere Buddhist principles of karma he follows. He must both negotiate with the wave of high-powered officials sent to investigate the sergeant's death and scour the seedy hive of villainy, drugs, precious stones, and the sex trade that is the Bangkok underworld. Lurid details abound.

About the Author :
John Burdett is a nonpracticing lawyer who worked in Hong Kong for a British firm until he found his true vocation as a writer. Since then, he has lived in France and Spain and is now back in Hong Kong. He is the author of A Personal History of Thirst and The Last Six Million Seconds.

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A tour de force. . . . Burdett is purely and simply a wonderful writer. The Washington Post "A stiletto-sharp mystery/thriller . . . brilliantly rendered." The Seattle Times-Post Intelligencer Like Thai cuisine, Burdett s comic thriller blends spicy, sour, salty and sweet and makes for a delicious wake-up for jaded palates. People Vividly written and even more vividly imagined. . . . This novel is as wild as the city in which it takes place. . . . Read it to blow your mind. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A thriller as exotic as it is enthralling, and as provocative as it is obscene. Harper s One of the year's most seductive thrillers. . . . Think of Bangkok 8 as a destination spot for any reader with a taste for the exotic and desire for a really good time. New York Daily News Gruesome and memorable. The New York Times Burdett knows how to dole out engagingly gory details and hard-boiled platter. Entertainment Weekly A different kind of mystery, one you re not likely to have seen before. . . . Bangkok 8 makes you change your perspective. It takes you into another world and exposes you to different ways of thinking. Rocky Mountain News Bangkok 8 is one of the most startling and provocative mysteries that I've read in years. The characters are marvelously unique, the setting is intoxicating and the plot unwinds in dark illusory strands, reminiscent of Gorky Park. Once I started, I didn't want to put it down. Carl Hiaasen Edgy, intricate and atmospheric . . . [Burdett] uses plenty of narrative sleight-of-hand to weave together character development, comic relief and inspired plot twists while steering clear of facile exoticism. Time Out, New York The wildest ride in modern crime novel exoticum. A novel so steeped in milieu that it feels as if you ve blasted to mars in the grip of a demon who won t let you go. Read this book, savor the language it s the last and the most compelling word in thrillers. James Ellroy Characters are well-developed and the tale is carefully woven and fun to read. Columbus Dispatch From the Trade Paperback edition." "A tour de force. . . . Burdett is purely and simply a wonderful writer." --"The Washington Post ""A stiletto-sharp mystery/thriller . . . brilliantly rendered." --"The Seattle Times-Post Intelligencer ""Like Thai cuisine, Burdett's comic thriller blends spicy, sour, salty and sweet--and makes for a delicious wake-up for jaded palates." --"People ""Vividly written and even more vividly imagined. . . . This novel is as wild as the city in which it takes place. . . . Read it to blow your mind." --"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ""A thriller as exotic as it is enthralling, and as provocative as it is obscene." -"Harper's" "One of the year's most seductive thrillers. . . . Think of "Bangkok 8" as a destination spot for any reader with a taste for the exotic and desire for a really good time." -"New York Daily News " "Gruesome and memorable." -"The New York Times " "Burdett knows how to dole out engagingly gory details and hard-boiled platter." -"Entertainment Weekly " "A different kind of mystery, one you're not likely to have seen before. . . . Bangkok 8 makes you change your perspective. It takes you into another world and exposes you to different ways of thinking." --"Rocky Mountain News" "Bangkok 8 is one of the most startling and provocative mysteries that I've read in years. The characters are marvelously unique, the setting is intoxicating and the plot unwinds in dark illusory strands, reminiscent of""Gorky Park. Once I started, I didn't want to put it down." -Carl Hiaasen "Edgy, intricate and atmospheric . . . [Burdett] uses plenty of narrative sleight-of-hand to weave together character development, comic relief and inspired plot twists while steering clear of facile exoticism." --"Time Out, New York" "The wildest ride in modern crime novel exoticum. A novel so steeped in milieu that it feels as if you've blasted to mars in the grip of a demon who won't let you go. Read this book, savor the language-it's the last-and the most compelling word in thrillers." -James Ellroy "Characters are well-developed and the tale is carefully woven and fun to read." "-Columbus Dispatch" "From the Trade Paperback edition."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780736693745
  • Publisher: Books on Tape
  • Publisher Imprint: Books on Tape
  • Height: 170 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 408 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0736693742
  • Publisher Date: 03 Jun 2003
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 46 mm
  • Width: 180 mm


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