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The Second Poison: Hate, Revenge and Redemption on the Streets of Bangkok

✍ Scribed by Pieter Wilhelm


Book ID
110970881
Publisher
Monsoon Books Pte. Ltd.
Year
2019
Tongue
English
Weight
73 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781912049578

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✦ Synopsis


In Buddhism greed, hatred and delusion are known as The Three Poisons. The most destructive of these three is hatred: The Second Poison. When Tony, a former US Army interrogator, travels to Thailand to track down those responsible for ripping off his father in a boiler room telesales scam, he soon finds himself embroiled in the murky underworld of illegal muay thai kickboxing gambling, money laundering, sex work and digital crime. The Second Poison explores hatred, revenge and redemption in present-day Thailand from a number of perspectives: the hardened farang (Caucasian) army veteran; the compassionate Thai girl born a boy, who once murdered her sister's rapists; the godfather of a Hong Kong gambling syndicate and the Thai cop who turns a blind eye to crimes of passion ... their stories intertwining throughout the book.


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