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Thailand Confidential

Jerry Hopkins
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Pages
256
Year
2011
Language
English
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing

About

Writer Jerry Hopkins came to Thailand for a visit in the 1980s, and ended up a permanent resident with a temporary visa-a big, white farang haunting the bars and back alleys of Bangkok. His essays explore the mystery and mayhem of "The Land of Smiles" to hilarious-and sometimes disturbing-effect.

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  • Essays & Travelogues
  • Travel
  • Adult Nonfiction
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  • Biography & Autobiography
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  • Social Science
  • Southeast
  • Asia

Reviews

"Wanna stand in the face of a charging elephant, get hit by a motorcycle, eat giant water bugs, blowtorch your mouth on some of the hottest chili peppers on earth, then go watch a sex change operation? Of course you don't, but, happily, Jerry Hopkins has done all that and more-lots more-in this darkly humorous, deeply affectionate, clear-eyed but never patronizing portrait of Thailand, his adopted
Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard, Hold the Enlightenment and Jaguars Ripped M
"After over a decade in the country, Hopkins knows and loves his subject dearly-that much is obvious-and his vivid portrait projects that love from every page."
Jann Wenner, editor and founder of Rolling Stone Magazine
"A loving expose of everything that's wonderful about Thailand, and much that isn't. Should be required reading for all newcomers."
Joe Cummings, author of the Lonely Planet Thailand Guide

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