by Waz Up Bozz
Bangkok Babylon: The Real-Life Exploits of Bangkok’s Legendary Expatriates are often Stranger than Fiction
November 7, 2009 in Thailand by Waz Up Bozz
- ISBN13: 9780804840774
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
In the colorful tradition of Orwell and Hemingway, Maugham and Theroux, Jerry Hopkins recalls his first decade as a Bangkok expatriate by profiling twenty-five of the cityÆs most unforgettable characters. Among them are a Catholic priest who has lived and worked in the Bangkok slums for 35 years, three Vietnam war helicopter pilots who opened a go-go bar and a documentary filmmaker who lives with elephants…. More >>
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The majority of the "characters" in this book are a few degree drop, alcoholics, frequent customers of prostitutes or minors probable pedophile, pure and simple, with few exceptions.
Notes: 1 / 5
An evil écrit chronicles and a doubtful sélection of subjects. The first that j& #39; read this author and j& #39; have trouvé ça difficult to believe qu& #39; it earns its living like écrivain.
Notes: 2/5
Jerry Hopkins'; s Bangkok Babylon offers up a look? some ex-pats int? esting that d? cid? the Tha? Finland has offered up something more than what they have left? in their own country. It tells us more of the characters? Int res? Cles such as adventurer Allan Poe? L? Glove founder Joe Maier-p? Re piti center? in Bangkok '; worst slums of s, the poor'; cooper legal ace George s, Planet 'isolated? ; S Joe Cummings, and m? Me winning author Oscar Stirling Silliphant and what is drawing? S all? South-Eastern Asia. And while it shines some lumi? Re some with better character? Re in a gem of a country he? Galement stones? hone in on those without character? as re p? dophile am? Rican Eric Rosser and others who were shot? benefit of the Thai '; attitude pen rai of AMI s and ray? some flaws in his face. The court, however r? Gn?. The book '; s title is a misnomer? because it is r? Ellement a look int? Ressant lives in the r? East? are some of the ex-pats, like Hopkins, who has found? that visitors to Thailand heath esp? rent but rarely find. Ratings: 4 / 5
Large read and maintained my intérêt with some great stories. I& #039; m travelling in Thaïlande and était intéressé à to see some truths accounts of the country instead of the tourist guides, and truths accounts is what obtained I. This book would strongly recommend.
Estimates: 5/5
excel book. J& #39; have vécu in Thaïlande for 18 months and has rencontré several of the characters même standard who écrit à matter of Jerry Hopkins. J& #39; have much aimé its book and à recommends it whoever of reading
Notes: 4/5