Thread: Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading?
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Old 05-28-2013, 03:58 AM   #16709
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Originally Posted by caleb72 View Post
Now for something I know will get the blood pumping. It's the second book in the Bangkok series by Simon Royle. This one is called Bangkok Wet. I really enjoyed the first one (Bangkok Burn) and I'm sure I'll enjoy this one as well.
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Having lived in Bangkok for some time, I'm looking forward to reading these. I wonder if they really capture the down-and-dirty Bangkok life of the average Thai, and the daily corruption they face...............SNIP......

EDIT: Well, I couldn't wait... So I just downloaded both of them to my iPhone. Being that I'll be back in Bangkok in just 11 more days, I figure these will get me back into the right frame of mind.

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Well, I started 'Bangkok Burn' today, read about 50 pages, and love it! It IS Thailand. No question about it, it's the down-and-dirty typical bad-guy scene in the Kingdom. That daily corruption I mentioned in my first post, showed up just as fast as would be expected. Of course, these guys being the HiSo's of the mob crowd, the payoffs are a new RangeRover to the Police Chief to cover up a murder rather than the $4 given to to cop who stops you for speeding. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of it! It sure keeps moving!

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