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Bangkok's underbelly: crime meets spiritual mysticism.
"Bangkok 8" plucks you from your world and plunges you into the vibrant heart of Bangkok through a crime-solving journey that's as much about the spiritual and supernatural as it is about unraveling a murder mystery. It's perfect for those who enjoy a detective story enriched with cultural depth and a splash of the exotic. Sonchai Jitpleecheep's character provides an authentic lens that's rare and captivating, blending the gritty reality of law enforcement with Buddhist philosophy.
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ISBN: 9780552771405
Authors:
John Burdett
Publisher: Corgi Books
Date of Publication: 2004-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.75
(rated by 10551 readers)
Description
SURREAL BANGKOK ...City of temples and brothels, where Buddhist monks in saffron robes walk the same streets as world-class gangsters, where bodies and souls are for sale or rent, and where the way you die may be more important than the way you live. Inside a locked Mercedes, an African-American Marine sergeant is killed by a maddened python and a swarm of cobras. Two cops - the only two in the city not on the take - arrive too late. Minutes later, only one is alive. Sworn to avenge the death of his partner and soul brother, Sonchai Jitpleecheep, a fair-skinned Thai and a devout Buddhist, works his way through District 8. His tools are the forensic techniques of the modern police department; no less vital is his profound understanding of the mystical workings of the spirit world. Soon he is in a realm he has never before the moneyed underbelly of Bangkok, where desire rules and the human body is as custom-designable as a raw hunk of jade - and where Sonchai eventually tracks the killer, a predator of an even more sinister variety.
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