Thailand lovers should not miss Michiel Heijungs' debut novel. The book 'Retour Bangkok' is a feast of recognition for everyone who has already visited Thailand, but also for those interested who are looking for an exciting and sometimes comical crime story which takes place entirely in Thailand.
Michiel tells the special experiences in a fast train and you fall from one surprise to the other. Because the impossible is always possible in the 'Land of Smiles'. In Heijungs' book you can read how six tons of weed was shipped from Thailand to Australia in the mid-XNUMXs.
The Dutch boy who has worked his way up - also by force - to a dealer in the best hashish in a small provincial town, gets a taste of that life and makes contact with the 'big boys'. Once he has penetrated that world, he is invited to help ship those tons of weed. His share: 2 million cash. His childhood friend, now a money laundering lawyer in Amsterdam, takes care of the rest.
The book 'Retour Bangkok' is a smoothly written picaresque novel on the cutting edge, which brings to life the brooding interweaving of the upper and lower worlds of the big bosses in the international drug trade, respectable businessmen, whores, corrupt authorities and murderers. And that in a dizzying story in which coarse sarcasm and infectious humor compete for precedence and in which, despite blackmail, extortion and exploitation, there is room for mutual affection and sympathy.
The main character in the book also fell for the temptations that Thailand has to offer: Sex, drugs and rock 'n roll with an Eastern touch. For example, he fell in love with a beautiful bargirl which almost became his downfall.
Read all about the dark sides and temptations that the Thai capital has to offer and order the book 'Retour Bangkok' for only € 16,50 on Bol.com: Return Bangkok from Michiel Heijungs
- Michiel Heijungs – Return Bangkok
- Publisher GA van Oorschot
- ISBN 9789028260542
- Paperback with flaps
- Price: € 16,50
- First edition February 2014
Michiel Heijungs (1957) was a journalist, musician, dealer in precious stones and entrepreneur. He previously published stories in Tirade and KortVerhaal. Return Bangkok is his debut novel.
I write short stories myself and have been living in Thailand for 15 years.
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