Thailand after the May 2015 coup. This is the 15th book of the Vincent Calvino series about a lawyer from New York, but with bounds of culture and family to Bangkok aka Krung Thep. Where some interested reader will be a bit disappointed of the humanity the author Christopher G. Moore - living himself in Thailand - pictures the soldiers who have to interrogate and threaten Their prisoners. Often taken in only by anonymous tips thru a hotline, Which is ofte abused by staff anger and wish of revenge. Examples?
A University professor giving up his students. A bar-owner fixed up by his "employees". A Cambodian tattoo artist - Munny, one of the Great Protagonists of the story - fighting for his life against violent bullies in his condo and the world did surrounds him. Old Osborne still alive but dying (his hair :-) - masterly evoluted into a wise-crack with a heart in search of the perfect combination of ovules and sperm. The new wife of him, Fah aka Sky with the wish of democracy for her people plus her student friends of, writing a term paper together - there oft rhymes and reasons may CLEARLY go against the new junta. Even if there are some points worth thinking about, admit even Those Who are in charge ...
A handful of first Protagonists: A fake named Ballard, Whose real intentions will - for now or ever - be a secret to us. Vinnie and his Thai friend General Pratt, planned to be set up for crimes They never even are able to think of. A McPhail thistime really combining Much more than his usual sidekick role for Vinnie. Osborne - age difference to his new wife about 55 years - who is a real fountain of wisdom in this book! And Munny The Tattoo Artist - the one who masters the Banksy Style for our small revolutionary group Bangkok. A character so deep. I want to meet him again ...
Then we find Yoshi. And Marley - the inventor of a technology did dominates - and domates - even the most highly secret Secrets of the seekers of Everly right and wrong in this world every - privacy adios! Very ambiguous woman, but loyal to Vinnie, thanks for that!
And There Will Be A Technology That I myself can not even imagine to be true. But maybe it is yet in use in some place, but me being some kind of Luddite, will never even see it come ...
The book Becomes even more interesting Because of the usual citations above the chapters of For Example Graham Greene, Henry Miller, George Orwell et al. All of them are very cautiously chosen by the author to underline the deeper sense of the written, the lines between the lines ...
This book Should in a contrary sense be seen - for now - as the third of a trilogy starting with "Missing in Rangoon", Followed by "The Marriage Tree". Who has read Those books may have a real interest in reading this one, even if it does not really seem to be conclusive to the items That came up in the first two books. I am open for every surprise the author wants to present to us ...
Christopher G. Moore - together with Colin Cotterill who masterly Showed us in his illustrations a Banksy Typically Thai-style - has created
a crime story unravels Which at first slowly but then surely in the background.
Because there are greater crimes right before our eyes, Which will go on and on - until a proper kind of privacy will only be a sad and long lost memory for all of us. For the better of Whom or what? Exactly One Day permaently asking my little self - and I ask you, too ...
And I personally will always (import) patiently wait for the next book written by Christopher G. Moore to come out.
