Fascinating debut novel in which competing interests in a plot of rough land behind a Bangkok slum reveal much about contemporary Thailand. The author has reported extensively on Burma for many years; other books include ‘Finding George Orwell in Burma’ and ‘Everything is Broken: Life Inside Burma’.
Comrade Aeon’s Field Guide to Bangkok
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£14.99
Edition:Hardback978178378618306/05/2021
Categories: 05. Spring Books 2021: Fiction, Fiction, Spring Books 2021
Tags: Modern and contemporary fiction, Thailand
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