Bangkok: Asia Books, 2003. Trade Paperback. First Edition. Near Fine. Inscribed by Author, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 296 pages. Brett Dakin spent two years working in Laos and returned to the States a changed man. In Another Quiet American, he takes you through the corridors of power and the living rooms of the poor in Laos. You'll meet his boss, a wealthy general whose power and reputation scares his countrymen; a prince with connections to the French colonial past; an American pilot who left home for Indochina during the war and never returned; and, rich Lao twenty-somethings who have all the money they could want, but no happiness. Dakin provides a sympathetic yet irreverent glimpse into life in one of the world's few remaining communist nations, questioning the U.S.'s influence on the country and embarking on the soul-searching identity quest of an American abroad.

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Bookseller: Books of the World (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: RWARE0000000547
Title: Another Quiet American: Stories of Life in Laos
Author: Brett Dakin
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 9748303683
ISBN 13: 9789748303680
Publisher: Asia Books
Place of Publication: Bangkok
Date Published: 2003
Pages: 296
Size: 8vo
Keywords: memoir, travelogue, stories, Lao, Laos
Bookseller catalogs: Exploration, Expeditions, and Discoveries; Laos; Asia;

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