walletss Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 I know this thread has been covered recently but what novels have you been reading lately? Personally I enjoy reading books that are set in Asia. At the moment I am reading my second book by an author known as Christopher G. Moore who lives and writes in Thailand. The first book I read of his was ? A killing smile?. Anybody else read books by that writer? Anyone know any other good writers who set their books in Asia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falang Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 Last march I bought a novel at Don Muang and read it in the flight back home, I enjoy reading it because of the good description of Bangkok. The book name is "The Big Mango" by Jake Needham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walletss Posted December 26, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 "The Big Mango" by Jake Needham. " Seems like most of these books are published by Asiabooks. They have a website up. So far this book called "Chairs", I am reading is a winner. It's a collection of 16 stories. The voices in the stories are those of Bangkok based freelance journalists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldAsiaHand Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 You can check out Jake Needham's books at his web site, www.JakeNeedham.com. He's not being published by Asia Books anymore and I know he has one or two books that are set in Bangkok and Phuket which are published somewhere overseas and not sold in Thailand. Moore also has a web site where he sells his books (I think it is www.christopheremoore.com). Also check out Dean Barrett, although his Bangkok books date back a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 Mrs. Loung Ung "First they killed my father" A daughter of Cambodia remembers. A great story about Cambodia in the 70s, :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 I used to read Christopher Moore's books because it was fun to read about places like Thermae that I knew so well, but I finally gave up. I just could not take any more of his terrible writing style. The BEST of the bunch, IMO, is Jake Needham. I've only read the first two, "The Big Mango" and "Tea Money," and both are excellent. The latter is particularly interesting as he's played quite a joke on readers in that it is not a typical set-in-Thailand novel: It takes place during January, the "coolest" time of the year; the farang hero has a farang girlfriend (!); there are no bar areas or prostitutes featured, or even mentioned. James Eckhardt is rather amusing, too. He works at "The Nation" now, used to write for the "Bangkok Post," and I've always enjoyed his writing. Look in the Arts & Culture Forum, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walletss Posted December 26, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 "I used to read Christopher Moore's books.. " I just started this one but it's looking good. " Chairs" is edited by Christopher Moore but actually written by a deceased colleauge. I agree with you about Moore. Grisham he aint!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickman Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 Yuo can't go wrong with Jake Needham's books. He's in a class of his own amongst Bangkok writers, in my opinion. I was lucky enough to read his new title, "Killing Plato", which has not been puiblished yet. It is a very good read too. Stick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 Walletss, My Xmas reading list, for what it is worth, Joseph Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness", Alex Garland's "The Tesseract" and Graham Greene's "The Quiet American", all seemed to whet the appetite for travel, the latter two interesting takes on SE Asia. Cheers Jaga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 I LOVE "The Quiet American" and from what I've read in the news, I can expect a lot from the movie that's about to come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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