Comrade Aeons Field Guide to Bangkok

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An overlooked patch of jungle behind a Bangkok city slum resonates with the hopes, dreams and fears of the local community. Those who are drawn to the plot of land - among them a homeless revolutionary, an ambitious property developer, and a lonely expat housewife - believe they can find opportunity or redemption there. But the slum-dwelling spirits who guard its secrets have other plans.

With a rich cast of characters that spans Bangkok's multi-layered society, Comrade Aeon's Field Guide to Bangkok is a masterful, captivating debut, and a vivid portrayal of a forgetful city awakening to its past.

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'Emma Larkin richly and vividly brings her characters to life, revealing thedrama of their existence through a multifaceted look at Thai society. ComradeAeon's Field Guide to Bangkok is a captivating tour de force' - AlaaAl Aswany

'Endearing... enlightening... an affecting and suspenseful portrait of contemporaryBangkok' - Literary Review

Author Bio

EMMA LARKIN grew up in Bangkok and still lives in Thailand. She is the author of Finding George Orwell in Burma and Everything is Broken.