I read Bangkok 8 when it came out. Loved it. What made it
particularly interesting for me is that the protagonist is a
Buddhist and incorporates his beliefs into everything he
does, including his job. The fact that he holds long
conversations with his dead partner and accepts prophetic
dreams as clues is simply a given for him. It's an
interesting take on crime fiction and Eastern
spirituality.
The follow-up to it, Bangkok Tattoo veered a little away from
that and, I think, suffered a little for it. Still a very
good read. IMHO.
-Stephen Blackmoore
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Michael Robison
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>
> I started this yesterday. Some books I labor my
way
> through, but this one is smooth as silk. So far,
an
> interesting and enjoyable novel. It's about
a
> half-Vietnamese, half-Caucasian cop working for
the
> Bangkok police. His partner is killed at the
very
> beginning and he's looking for revenge. Male
fiction
> at its best.
>
> miker
>
>
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