Bangkok
is one of the great cities in the world, but unlike other great
metropolises it has no noir tales to its name. Bangkok Noir
puts that to right.
In
this first ever noir anthology of Bangkok, twelve seasoned and
internationally known—Thai and Western—writers have come together
to make a powerful collection of crime fiction short stories that
portray the dark side of this Asian metropolis where the lives
of most citizens seem as far away from heaven as its Thai name
Krungthep is distant from its meaning—City of Angels.
In
Bangkok Noir, the twelve short stories of various shades of black
involve gangsters and hitmen, love and betrayal, the supernatural,
the possessed and the dispossessed, and the far distant future.
Titles in this collection include: John Burdett’s Gone East,
Stephen Leather’s Inspector Zhang and the Dead Thai Gangster,
Tew Bunnag’s The Mistress Wants Her Freedom, Colin Cotterill’s
Halfhead, Pico Iyer’s Thousand and One Nights,
and Christopher G. Moore’s Dolphin Inc.
The
authors and publisher will donate half of their earnings from
this book to selected charity organizations which provide education
to needy children in Thailand.
More
information: www.bangkoknoir.info
Praise
“This
first ever noir anthology of Bangkok is a powerful collection
of crime fiction short stories that portray the dark side of
the Asian metropolis, which natives call Krung Thep or City
of Angels, inspite of the fact that most of them lead lives
as far from heaven as it gets.”
—Cliffhangers
“If
you enjoy thrillers, especially ‘noir’ thrillers, this is the
book for you. A dozen of the best authors of the genre all in
one book.”
—Lang
Reid, Pattaya Mail
“The
stories, about crooks, cops, gangsters, hit-men, bar girls,
shaman and street vendors, show the underbelly of Bangkok. It
isn't pretty, but as the first of its kind, Bangkok Noir
is a good read.”
—Bangkok
Post
“Bangkok
Noir, with its twelve short stories, makes up a brief but
exciting read. The anthology is part of a more and more distinct
Bangkok noir movement that brings to the surface the darker sides
of this city, exposing all its ugliness, hardships, and injustices
that the powers-to-be would like kept at bay, right where they
are: in the dark.”
—Review by Voicu
Mihnea Simandan
