This is a bumper collection of all 33 short stories from the books
Mango and Sticky Rice, Mist on the Jungle and Sweet Song of the
Siren. Stretching to a massive 536 pages, this book is the ideal
gift for short story fans, particularly those who look for
something a little different from their reading matter. In this
bumper omnibus you will find, among many other characters: a
photographer hired to witness a murder, a colour-blind sperm donor,
a ghost who misses his friends, a Canadian who pretends he's from
Latvia, a woman sure her children's will be the last human
generation, a lascivious businessman who prefers lady-boys to
ladies, a depressed captain who threatens to sink his own ferry, a
woman who eats more than food, a Thai widow finding her late
husband's roots in Crete, a murderer who sees himself carved in
stone, a writer whose dead wife returns to him through time, a
robot community waiting for their saviour, a man who falls in love
with his own penis, a woman dying slowly of dementia and a troupe
of wise-cracking monkeys. Humour and melancholy, comfort and
suspense, this collection possesses all of these qualities,
sometimes within the same story. Most are set in Thailand and
provide insights into the lives of the varied populations of that
exotic land; others could have happened anywhere. But what marks
them out is the diversity of the storylines, the quality of the
writing, and engagement with interesting characters who have
something to say.
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