Boonma was sentenced to death, but the court commuted the sentence to life imprisonment because of his full confession. He didn't appeal to the Supreme Court. He did nothing, except quietly accept his sentence. Sometimes, late at night, fellow prisoners heard him wailing, like a tortured animal, alone...
The author, Chart Korbjitti, was born into a merchant family south of Bangkok in 1954 and has been a successful full-time writer ever since he published his first short story in 1979. Twice the winner of the prestigious SEA Write Award (in 1982 for The Judgment, in 1994 for Time), he is also the author of several collections of short stories, movie scripts, novellas and novels, including Mad Dogs & Co, a picaresque saga of Thai hippies. His works have been translated in half a dozen languages. He lives upcountry with his wife, three dogs and a number of geckos.
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