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Title: Fail...
Review: You want to read a book from the perspective of Thai? Well, Sonchai Jitpleecheep isn't Thai but Buddhist Englishman. Overall product = FAIL. This book is not only insult to the Thais, as someone here stated already, but to farangs ("white people") as well. And sadly, Bangkok 8 reinforces some of the worst East vs. West cliches. I wouldn't even call it a 'novel'. It's a travelogue with some plot. The big question is, why Burdett decided to turn from respected lawyer to pitiful writer. Money, perhaps?Possible alternatives:The Big Mangoby Jake Needham,The Coroner's Lunchby Collin Cotterill orA Nail Through the Heart: A Novel of Bangkokby Timothy Hallinan. And if you want Buddhism, go forBuddhism For Dummies (For Dummies (Religion & Spirituality)).
