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Fiction.
Mystery.
Thriller.
HTML:A thriller with attitude to spare, Bangkok 8 is a sexy, razor-edged, often darkly hilarious novel set in one of the worldâ??s most exotic cities. Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments one is murdered and his partner, Sonchai Jitpleecheepâ??a devout Buddhist and the son of a Thai bar girl and a long-gone Vietnam War G.I.â??is hell-bent on wreaking revenge. On a vigilante mission to capture his partnerâ??s murderer, Sonchai is begrudgingly paired with a beautiful FBI agent named Jones and captures her heart in the process. In a city fueled by illicit drugs and infinite corruption, prostitution and priceless art, Sonchaiâ??s quest for vengeance takes him into a world much more sinister than he could have… (mehr)
Ein tolles Buch - wobei ich die Kriminalgeschichte völlig nebensächlich fand und dagegen viel interessanter die Charaktere und die Lebensgeschichte und die Gedankengänge der Hauptfigur. ( )
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Like all the men of Babylon, I have been proconsul; like all, I have been a slave. I have known omnipotence, ignominy, imprisonment. Look here - my right hand has no index finger. - Jorge Luis Borges, 'The Lottery in Babylon'
In the whole world there is no-one who does not welcome it like reason. - Confucius, talking about jade
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The African American marine in the gray Mercedes will soon die of bites from Naja siamensis, but we don't know that yet, Pichai and I (the future is impenetrable, says the Buddha).
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Inside, our live entertainment is singing "Bye Bye Blackbird."
Fiction.
Mystery.
Thriller.
HTML:A thriller with attitude to spare, Bangkok 8 is a sexy, razor-edged, often darkly hilarious novel set in one of the worldâ??s most exotic cities. Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments one is murdered and his partner, Sonchai Jitpleecheepâ??a devout Buddhist and the son of a Thai bar girl and a long-gone Vietnam War G.I.â??is hell-bent on wreaking revenge. On a vigilante mission to capture his partnerâ??s murderer, Sonchai is begrudgingly paired with a beautiful FBI agent named Jones and captures her heart in the process. In a city fueled by illicit drugs and infinite corruption, prostitution and priceless art, Sonchaiâ??s quest for vengeance takes him into a world much more sinister than he could have
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