A startling, unique and provocative novel, hailed by Carl Hiassen, Jeffrey Deaver and James Ellroy as 'suspense at its best; the wildest ride in modern crime exoticum; the last and most compelling word in thrillers.'
John Burdett is a former lawyer who worked in Hong Kong until he found his true vocation as a writer.An Englishman by birth, he has lived in France and Spain, and is now back in the Far East.He is the author of A Personal History of Thirst and Six Million Seconds. Bangkok Tattoo, the sequel to Bangkok Eight, is also published by Corgi.
'Cracking East-meets-West thriller introducing a half-Thai,
half-American cop whose Buddhist beliefs are as important as his
forensic skills. Terrific'
*Observer*
'A stunning thriller! Bangkok 8 is suspense at its best: a
masterfully written tale set in a world that's perfectly evoked and
populated with compelling, flesh and blood characters'
*Jeffery Deaver*
'Bangkok 8 is one of the most startling and provocative mysteries
that I've read in years. The characters are marvellously unique,
the setting is intoxication and the plot unwinds in dark illusory
strands, reminiscent of Gorky Park. Once I started, I didn't put it
down'
*Carl Hiassen*
'Read this book, savor the language - it's the last and the most
compelling word in thrillers'
*James Ellroy*
'John Burdett infuses the plot with enough suspense, detail and dry
Asian insight to keep readers rapt as the story careens about the
bars and brothels of Thailand, taking in its flesh trade and
cut-rate plastic surgery parlours and ending in a climax with a
fittingly Buddhist twist. Bangkok 8 is highly recommended'
*amazon.co.uk*
'The real star is Bangkok, a city in mutation, capital of sex and
gender surgery, against whose lurid foreground most characters
appear puny. It's a strangely tender, Utopian vision...that
combines SF clarity with something more fluid, as non-negotiable
and irrational as a dream'
*Guardian*
'Quirky, talky and highly entertaining... But all this smart talk
does not diminish the overwhelming presence of the sprawling,
chaotic, illogical city with its jampacked bars and impassable
streets, that invigorates this remarkable novel and makes it
something to enjoy for its sheer bravado'
*New York Times Book Review*
'It is not unusual for the Western detective story to be
transported into Far Eastern surroundings. But it is the rare novel
that offers a seductive and engaging local protagonist of such a
story, penned by an Easterner. This does both with resounding
success, as well as adding a dimension not typically found in the
genre'
*San Francisco Chronicle*
'Impeccably researched, this is sometimes poetic, often exotic and
totally hardcore'
*Daily Mirror*
'Wow! Partly 'normal' thriller and partly off-the-beaten-track
Buddhist narrative ... An original and gripping novel'
*Publishing News*
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