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Bangkok 8 (A Royal Thai Detective #1)
by Burdett, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400040442
- ISBN 13
- 9781400040445
- Seller
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
Item Price
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. FIRST EDITION. 5.75"x8.5" 318 pgs. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Jacket design by Chipp Kidd; author photograph by Jerry Bauer. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. Electrifying, darkly comic, razor-edged--a thriller unlike any other. Under a Bangkok bridge, inside a bolted-shut Mercedes: a murder by snake--a charismatic African American Marine sergeant killed by a methamphetamine-stoked python and a swarm of stoned cobras.
Two cops--the only two in the city not on the take--arrive too late. Minutes later, only one is alive: Sonchai Jitpleecheep--a devout Buddhist, equally versed in the sacred and the profane--son of a long-gone Vietnam War G.I. and a Thai bar girl whose subsequent international clientele contributed richly to Sonchai's sophistication. Now, his partner dead, Sonchai is doubly compelled to find the murderer, to maneuver through the world he knows all to well--illicit drugs, prostitution, infinite corruption--and into ... Source: Publisher.
Two cops--the only two in the city not on the take--arrive too late. Minutes later, only one is alive: Sonchai Jitpleecheep--a devout Buddhist, equally versed in the sacred and the profane--son of a long-gone Vietnam War G.I. and a Thai bar girl whose subsequent international clientele contributed richly to Sonchai's sophistication. Now, his partner dead, Sonchai is doubly compelled to find the murderer, to maneuver through the world he knows all to well--illicit drugs, prostitution, infinite corruption--and into ... Source: Publisher.
Synopsis
Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is introduced in this first novel of the series. After losing his partner and dear friend to the same murderer of a visiting U.S. Marine, he must seek justice. Sonchai's pursuit of revenge takes the reader on a vivid and lurid view of the dark side of the streets of Thailand in this enjoyable mystery. John Patrick Burdett (born July 24, 1951) is a British crime novelist. He is the bestselling author of Bangkok 8 and its sequels, Bangkok Tattoo, Bangkok Haunts and The Godfather of Kathmandu.
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- Seller
- Blacks Bookshop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 16283
- Title
- Bangkok 8 (A Royal Thai Detective #1)
- Author
- Burdett, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BCE/BOMC
- ISBN 10
- 1400040442
- ISBN 13
- 9781400040445
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
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