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Posted DCO Thailand Kicking Dogs surviving Bangkok's boom - Thai style Collin Piprell A comic thriller set in boom-time Bangkok. A fast and funny novel from the author of Bangkok Knights and Yawn (A Thriller). Greed and corruption grip the city, and - although he thinks he's adjusting nicely to the Thai way - Jack Shackaway, freelance journalist and author of such literary masterpieces as A Dick for Dorothy, is succumbing to a bad case of culture shock. Jack has no idea who's trying to kill him, but given his talent for annoying the wrong people, it could be just about anybody. Every time he turns around he gets into hassles with the locals. Not only that, if he isn't careful he's going to wind up married to Mu, which might be better than being dead, but not necessarily a lot better. Shortly after somebody takes potshots at Jack in a taxi, Mu's sister Bia is kidnapped. Then Jack himself gets snatched, and is introduced to local godfather Mr. Hung Fat, often referred to as "Fat Fat", but not to his face. Fat Fat's men have mistaken Bia for Mu, and their boss will do unpleasant things to her unless Jack provides compensatory services for Fat Fat's public loss of face at the hands of intrepid investigative journalist "Izzy Scoop". But this is a double case of mistaken identity - Fat Fat believes that Jack is the man behind Izzy. If Fat Fat finds out that he isn't, then Jack's a dead man for sure. Click the above link/image for details of this book. Reply to this topic to add your review. Use the Rate It! link to submit your rating of this book. Click here to search other titles by Collin Piprell.

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