Comrade Aeon’s Field Guide to Bangkok
£8.99
In Bangkok, a plot of land behind a city slum resonates with the hopes, dreams and fears of the local community. For Comrade Aeon, a homeless insurgent who fled to the jungle after a military crackdown on student protestors in 1976, it’s a verdant refuge and the place from which he documents the underbelly of the city. For Ida Barnes, an ex-pat whose husband may be cheating on her, it’s an inviting retreat. For Witty, an urbane property developer married to one of the city’s most famous movie stars, it’s a ‘Bangkok Unicorn’ – that rare chance to make his mark on the Bangkok skyline. But the slum-dwelling spirits who guard its secrets know that it holds a much darker history, that it masks the silent politics at the heart of Thai culture.
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‘Endearing… enlightening… an affecting and suspenseful portrait of contemporary Bangkok’ Literary Review’Emma Larkin richly and vividly brings her characters to life… a captivating tour de force’ Alaa Al AswanyAn overlooked patch of jungle behind a Bangkok city slum resonates with the hopes, dreams and fears of the local community. Those who are drawn to the plot of land – among them a homeless revolutionary, an ambitious property developer, and a lonely expat housewife – believe they can find opportunity or redemption there. But the slum-dwelling spirits who guard its secrets have other plans.With a rich cast of characters that spans Bangkok’s multi-layered society, Comrade Aeon’s Field Guide to Bangkok is a masterful, captivating debut, and a vivid portrayal of a forgetful city awakening to its past.
| Weight | 0.27 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.3 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Edition | 1st paperback ed |
| Dewey | 813.6 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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