use to explain away anything that baffles them about the country." Trink is the subject of an unauthorized biography by Jennifer Bliss, called But, I Don't Give a Hoot, published by Post Books in 2000. Bernard Trink died of a blood infection at Bangkok's King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital on 6 October 2020. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. See also Prostitution in Thailand References External links Robert Horn's Time magazine review (2000) of Trink's biography by Jennifer Bliss Writers from New York City 2020 deaths 1931 births American expatriates in Thailand American journalists