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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Novel
- ISBN
- 9781400097067
- Book Title
- Bangkok Haunts : a Royal Thai Detective Novel (3)
- Item Length
- 7.9in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Thrillers / Crime, Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime, Mystery & Detective / General
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 10.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Sonchai Jitpleecheep, the devout Buddhist Royal Thai Police detective who led us through the best sellers "Bangkok 8" and "Bangkok Tattoo," returns in this blistering novel. Sonchai has seen virtually everything on his beat in Bangkok's District 8, but nothing like the snuff film he's just been sent anonymously. Furiously fast-paced and laced through with an erotic ghost story that gives a new dark twist to the life of our hero, "Bangkok Haunts" more than lives up to the smart and darkly funny originality of its predecessors.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400097061
ISBN-13
9781400097067
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63186240
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bangkok Haunts : a Royal Thai Detective Novel (3)
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Thrillers / Crime, Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime, Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
3
Lc Classification Number
Pr6052.U617b3626
Reviews
"Spellbinding . . . To conjure Burdett's unique blend of garishness and gravitas, imagine a Conrad novel transformed into a video game . . . Burdett is equally good with male and female characters. His portrayal of Sonchai gains depth with each Bangkok novel, his apprehension of women ever more nuanced . . . [These] characters are scintillating; even more powerful is Burdett's depiction of an economy with prostitution as a fundament . . . Shadowing Sonchai on his trip to the heart of darkness is haunting indeed." Carlo Wolff, Boston Globe "Bangkok 8 turned out to be such a dazzlingly unusual detective story that I bought 25 copies of the thing and began giving them away. John Burdett is the mastermind behind these cops and robbers tales set in Thailand. This is not the tourist's Thailand! You won't read anything else like Burdett, nor will you ever escape the spell of his extraordinary Buddhist detective, Sonchai Jitpleecheep . . . Now, happily, he has another one titled Bangkok Haunts . . . Highly recommended." Liz Smith "Full of his usual insights into the subculture for which Thailand is known, Bangkok Haunts is Burdett's best mystery yet in the series . . . Burdett has found his voice with Bangkok Haunts. The plot is more complex, the observations of Thai, American and Southeast Asian cultures more nuanced, the reach of his story greater. I found it hard to put down this book and loved its pace, wit and humor. Many writers would tell such a story with an air of condescension or disapproval, but not Burdett . . . Good story, this. And fun to read, too. A perfect diversion for summer." Repps Hudson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Who knew that Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Tattoo were just the warm-up acts? As vibrantly as those sizzling thrillers captured the exotic flavor of crime and corruption in Thailand's capital city, Bangkok Haunts opens up new avenues of awe . . . The wonder of Burdett's hallucinatory brand of Southeast Asian magicwhich puts his novels in range of the fabulous Yellowthread Street procedurals William Marshall set in Hong Kong and of Colin Cotterill's fanciful mysteries featuring the Laotian coroner-sleuth Dr. Siri Paibounis that this spooky stuff is manifested in a real world . . . The author, who clearly knows his territory, has a fine skill for distilling the morbid beauty (not to mention the grotesque humor) in scenes of everyday misery." Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review "A wonderful mystery series that is at once sprightly and densely layered, like the Thais themselves . . . In Burdett's always amazing Thailand, [Sonchai's] differentness has made him a keen cultural anthropologist whose principles are as admirable as his insights are professionally useful and often deliciously droll . . . His captivating, sometimes teasing voice and Burdett's affectionate take on everything visiting farangs find fascinatingly upside down and backward in Thailand never falter." Richard Stevenson, Washington Post "Along with its rich and haunting subplots, this whodunit also offers a commentary on a culture that has retained its uber-exotic purity because 'nobody colonized us,' says Sonchai . . . [A] sly thriller." Jane Furse, New York Daily News "It's a rare and fine thing to discover an author of genre fiction who can craft such a strikingly original character as John Burdett has done with his trio of novels . . . Burdett's novels suck you in like a boozy back-alley peep show, submerging the reader in a hot, sticky murk of nuanced characterizations and sultry Thai realities, "Spellbinding . . . To conjure Burdett's unique blend of garishness and gravitas, imagine a Conrad novel transformed into a video game . . . Burdett is equally good with male and female characters. His portrayal of Sonchai gains depth with each Bangkok novel, his apprehension of women ever more nuanced . . . [These] characters are scintillating; even more powerful is Burdett's depiction of an economy with prostitution as a fundament . . . Shadowing Sonchai on his trip to the heart of darkness is haunting indeed." -Carlo Wolff, "Boston Globe" ""Bangkok 8" turned out to be such a dazzlingly unusual detective story that I bought 25 copies of the thing and began giving them away. John Burdett is the mastermind behind these cops and robbers tales set in Thailand. This is not the tourist's Thailand! You won't read anything else like Burdett, nor will you ever escape the spell of his extraordinary Buddhist detective, Sonchai Jitpleecheep . . . Now, happily, he has another one titled "Bangkok Haunts" . . . Highly recommended." -Liz Smith "Full of his usual insights into the subculture for which Thailand is known, "Bangkok Haunts" is Burdett's best mystery yet in the series . . . Burdett has found his voice with "Bangkok Haunts." The plot is more complex, the observations of Thai, American and Southeast Asian cultures more nuanced, the reach of his story greater. I found it hard to put down this book and loved its pace, wit and humor. Many writers would tell such a story with an air of condescension or disapproval, but not Burdett . . . Good story, this. And fun to read, too. A perfect diversion for summer." -Repps Hudson, "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" "Who knew that "Bangkok 8"and "Bangkok Tattoo "were just the warm-up acts? As vibrantly as those sizzling thrillers captured the exotic flavor of crime and corruption in Thailand's capital city, "Bangkok Haunts "opens up new avenues of awe . . . The wonder of Burdett's hallucinatory brand of Southeast Asian magic-which puts his novels in range of the fabulous Yellowthread Street procedurals William Marshall set in Hong Kong and of Colin Cotterill's fanciful mysteries featuring the Laotian coroner-sleuth Dr. Siri Paiboun-is that this spooky stuff is manifested in a real world . . . The author, who clearly knows his territory, has a fine skill for distilling the morbid beauty (not to mention the grotesque humor) in scenes of everyday misery." -Marilyn Stasio, "New York Times Book Review" "A wonderful mystery series that is at once sprightly and densely layered, like the Thais themselves . . . In Burdett's always amazing Thailand, [Sonchai's] differentness has made him a keen cultural anthropologist whose principles are as admirable as his insights are professionally useful and often deliciously droll . . . His captivating, sometimes teasing voice and Burdett's affectionate take on everything visiting farangs find fascinatingly upside down and backward in Thailand never falter." -Richard Stevenson, "Washington Post" "Along with its rich and haunting subplots, this whodunit also offers a commentary on a culture that has retained its uber-exotic purity because 'nobody colonized us, ' says Sonchai . . . [A] sly thriller." -Jane Furse, "New York Daily News" "It's a rare and fine thing to discover an author of genre fiction who can craft such a strikingly original character as John Burdett has donewith his trio of novels . . . Burdett's novels suck you in like a boozy back-alley peep show, submerging the reader in a hot, sticky murk of nuanced characterizations and sultry Thai realities. You can almost feel the tropical humidity of the place while reading Burdett's whip-smart, zenlike first person narration, and the daily doomery of lower-echelon badge-holders is as intense as being in the third-world hot spot itself. Why fly Thai Air when you can savor the mad, manic capital city minus its legendary pollution from the comfort of your own home, "farang"?" -Marc, "Who knew that . . . those sizzling thrillers . . .Bangkok 8andBangkok Tattoowere just the warm-up acts?Bangkok Hauntsopens up new avenues of awe." -The New York Times Book Review "Bangkok Hauntsis a book to be gobbled up at top speed, preferably while wearing sunglasses and drinking through a twisty straw." -The New York Times "Captivating. . . . A wonderful mystery series." -The Washington Post "Spellbinding. . . . [These] characters are scintillating." -The Boston Globe, "Who knew that . . . those sizzling thrillers . . . Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Tattoo were just the warm-up acts? Bangkok Haunts opens up new avenues of awe." - The New York Times Book Review " Bangkok Haunts is a book to be gobbled up at top speed, preferably while wearing sunglasses and drinking through a twisty straw."- The New York Times "Captivating. . . . A wonderful mystery series." - The Washington Post "Spellbinding. . . . [These] characters are scintillating." - The Boston Globe, "Who knew that . . . those sizzling thrillers . . . "Bangkok 8 "and "Bangkok Tattoo "were just the warm-up acts? "Bangkok Haunts "opens up new avenues of awe." --"The New York Times Book Review" ""Bangkok Haunts" is a book to be gobbled up at top speed, preferably while wearing sunglasses and drinking through a twisty straw." --"The New York Times" "Captivating. . . . A wonderful mystery series." --"The Washington Post" "Spellbinding. . . . [These] characters are scintillating." --"The Boston Globe", "Who knew that . . . those sizzling thrillers . . . Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Tattoo were just the warm-up acts? Bangkok Haunts opens up new avenues of awe." The New York Times Book Review " Bangkok Haunts is a book to be gobbled up at top speed, preferably while wearing sunglasses and drinking through a twisty straw." The New York Times "Captivating. . . . A wonderful mystery series." The Washington Post "Spellbinding. . . . [These] characters are scintillating." The Boston Globe
Copyright Date
2008
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2008-274696
Series
Royal Thai Detective Novels Ser.
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