The
Big Weird |
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Fifth in the series A beautiful American blond is found dead with a large bullet hole in her head in the house of her ex-boyfriend. A famous Hollywood screen-writer hires Calvino to investigate her death. Everyone except Calvino’s client believes Samantha McNeal has committed suicide. In the early days of the Internet, Sam ran with a young and wild expat crowd in Bangkok. As Calvino slides into a world where people are dead serious about sex, money and fame, he unearths a hedonistic com-munity where the ritual of death is the ultimate high. |
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“The
Big Weird is an excellent read, charming, amusing, insightful, complex,
localised yet startlingly universal in its themes.” “A
good read, fast-paced and laced with so many of the locales so familiar
to the expat denizens of Bangkok.” “Like
a noisy, late-night Thai restaurant, Moore serves up tongue-burming
spices that swallow up the literature of Generation X and Cyberpsace
as if they were merely sticky rice.” “Whether
you are a local, resident or a tourist, there are golden nuggets
to be found in The Big Weird.” “Highly
entertaining.” “The
Big Weird exemplifies a writer who is in control of his material.
[It]demonstrates that at last we have an author who understands
the abyss between the dreams and aspirations of westerners hoping
for a new life in an Asian land and the often-harsh reality that
they find.” >>read more ctitical reviews of the book l >>main crime fiction |
