Ah, the magic of globalization. Thailand, once known for its tiger-filled jungles and ancient, deeply spiritual culture, has become the promised land for trust-fund hippies wearing Patagonia underpants and business travelers cruising for underage prostitutes. In this gripping collection of short stories, twenty-five-year-old Thai-American writer Rattawut Lapcharoensap spys on the tourists and eavesdrops on the locals as they confabulate over their perplexing new environment. Lapcharoensap’s gorgeously evocative voice rolls out odd romances, intergenerational bonds stretched to the ragged edge, and electrifying glimpses of an old land coming into a strange new order.
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