Bizarre Thailand: Tales of Crime, Sex, and Black Magic - Couverture souple

Algie, Jim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9814302813 ISBN 13 : 9789814302814

Editeur : Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Jim Algie

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Bizarre Thailand takes readers off the well-rutted road of tourist hotspots into the darkest and sexiest hinterlands. Welcome to a twilight zone where travellers become soldiers and cowboys, a black magician courts politicians and film stars, sacred tortoises mate on the streets of a small town, and Fertility Goddesses are wooed with massive phalluses. In this strange land, nothing is what it seems: a prison becomes a tourist attraction, a 20-storey robot is a building, a man becomes a beauty queen, a Buddhist temple turns into hell on earth, a loving wife is immortalized as the most famous and ferocious of all phantoms, and a serial killer s corpse is reincarnated as a museum exhibit. Bizarre Thailand takes an irreverent look at how the profound, profane and frankly quite odd intertwine with the rhythms and flows of everyday Thai life, paying homage to the quintessential culture of one of Southeast Asia's most captivating destinations.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jim Algie has been chronicling the dark and sexy side of Thailand for the past 17 years in publications including Bizarre magazine, the International Herald Tribune and the Japan Times. His short fiction has picked up several awards, including as a co-recipient of the Bram Stoker award. He was a co-founder, chief editor and leading writer of Southeast Asia s most gonzo publication, FarangUntamed Travel magazine. During the 80s, he toured and recorded with seminal Canadian bands including pop-punksters the Asexuals and alt country rockers Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9814302813
• ISBN 13: 9789814302814
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 335