Horneytorney Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 So you were shot dead in 1996 by a Thai hitman hired by the vengeful sister of a bargirl you'd been screwing for 2 years ? Interesting. yep, i was once nearly shot dead in Bangkok, but it was 1998. that can happen in Thailand if you have to do business where some chao phor is involved. and yes indeed, i screwed the chao phor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Read Stephen Leather's Private Dancer and 2 (?) books from Christopher Moore, forgot which, they were not memorable. Looking at the shelf above my PC I can see Christopher Moore - The Big Weird and A Killing Smile; Warren Fellows - 4000 Days; Hello My Big Big Honey; Stuart Lloyd - Hardship Posting and Roger Crutchley - PostScript. Those are the ones I've got but I've no idea whether I've read them or not? However I have read a pdf version of Stephen Leather's Private Dancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Just stumbled across the book I *should* have read - banned in Thailand and I cant discuss it any further here for reasons I'm sure KS ia aware of. The xxxx Never Smiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Just remember that it is one man's opinion. Even pinko Dr. Ji Ungpakorn disagrees with parts of his interpretation. I was here when many of the events the author describes took place. The author was not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I think the wikipedia article is correct as far as I remember, or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I haven't looked at it lately, but I think it pretty much was. Oh, my ... I just looked and it is blocked! It wasn't before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Why would anyone want to read a book by someone who... according to Sondhi... was "insolent even to his own parents"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I haven't looked at it lately, but I think it pretty much was. Oh, my ... I just looked and it is blocked! It wasn't before. One of the first things the Wikipedia entry says is that any reference to the book is blocked in Thailand. For obvious reasons, I wont quote any part of said entry. They do make a point of listing some of the author's critics/criticisms and you make an excellent point about the fact that he (and many of the Western press who praised the book) weren't in Thailand to get first-hand accounts of everything discussed in the book. I doubt that many in NYC or London are aware of just how different things are on the ground in Thailand. Salman Rushdie might have been 'braver' (?), but the author would appear to have burnt his bridges for eternity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 First, I think the book is ignorant and idiotic in many ways. IMO a cheap and unknown journalist trying to make money and get a reputation. But you don't do that by insulting a big majority of the thai people. "The book was banned in Thailand before publication, and the Thai authorities have blocked local access to websites advertising the book." <note - before publication and advertising> "In February 2007, the Chula Book Centre, the main bookstore of state-run Chulalongkorn University, removed Chulalongkorn University professor Giles Ungphakorn's 2007 book A Coup for the Rich from its shelves after a manager of the book store found that it listed" X "as a reference. State-run Thammasat University Bookstore quickly followed suit, refusing to sell the book on March 6. However, Thammasat University's rector later reversed this decision and ordered the university bookstore to sell the book." From wikipedia Thai authorities are overreacting but at least the uni rector had the courage to be realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Yep, nothing insulting about these images: (I know - Prince Harry, right ? Another example of someone who grew up in a bubble with no concept of the pain suffered by others ....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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