Bangkok Tattoo 曼谷纹身 英文原版

Bangkok,richinhistoryandspirituality,crowdedwithtemples,marketsandcanals,isalsoacityshroudedinshadows.Polluted,corrupt,infamousasthesexcapitaloftheworld,itisaplacewherewealth,povertyandunimaginableevilwalkhandinhand.InDistrict8,theunderbellyofBangkok’scrimeworld,adramaticallymutilatedbodyisfoundinahotelbedroom.Itlooksbad:thecorpse–who’sbeenflayed-isCIA.Anditgetsworsewhentheself-confessedmurdereristhebeautifulChanya–thebest‘workinggirl’atTheOldMan’sClub,abrothelownedjointlybySonchai’smotherandhisboss,PoliceColonelVikorn.AlertedbySonchai,Vikornquicklyconcoctsacover-upthatinvolvesanAl-QaedaterroristcelllocatedinasouthernThaiborder-townwhere,since9/11,theCIAhasalsohadacovertpresence.Sofarsogood:butthetruthwillbehardertocomeby,anditwillrequireSonchaitofindanevermoredelicatebalancebetweenhisambition(western)andhisBuddhism(eastern),whileherunsthegamutofBangkok’sdrug-dealers,prostitutes,badcops,evenworsemilitarygenerals,andthepitfallsofhisownmeltingheart.Crowdedwithastonishingcharacters,redolentwiththeauthentic,hallucinogenicatmosphereofBangkok,withneedle-sharpobservationsabouttheclashofcultureswhenEastmeetsWest,thisisaliterarythrillerlikenoother.