Sloan
Wolcott, an American expat in Bangkok, a part-time art dealer
and smuggler and a full-time rogue, comes into possession of a
camera belonging to a Japanese newspaper reporter killed in a
suspicious car crash. Inside the camera, he finds several images
of the Lady, Aung San Suu Kyi, one of her riding in an automobile
with a bullet hole in the rear window and one lone picture of
a mysterious, seductive young woman with a singular tattoo.
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Praise
“Compelling
story lines . . . that come together in a gripping climax.”
—Newsweek
“Ambitious
and sadly beautiful book.”
—January Magazine
“Amusing
and illuminating . . . a narrative whose authenticity is never
in doubt, where global historical realities are seamlessly knit
together with a strong, unpretentious yarn.”
—Books in Canada
“In
addition to creating a convincing, entertaining narrator, Sloan,
and a story that engages the past and its images on several levels,
Moore crafts a tragic Myanmar landscape, mixing in-depth knowledge
of the place and its history with a compelling tale populated
with characters anyone would be glad to have as travel companions.”
—Asia Times (Online)
“A
charged atmosphere reminiscent of Peter Weir’s The Year
of Living Dangerously.”
—Vancouver Sun
“The
powerful sentiments stirred in [Waiting for the Lady] affirm that
Asia still boasts places where people's emotions are not swaddled
in cotton.””
—The Japan Times
“Moore’s
knowledge of the region and his ability to convey it is best
about Waiting for the Lady.”
—Bernard Trink, Bangkok Post
“Christopher
G. Moore is an author who can conjure up a plausible story to
keep you reading his books till the last page. Waiting for the
Lady is no exception to this. A great read.”
—Reid Lang, Pattaya Mail
