{"product_id":"9780804840774","title":"Bangkok Babylon","description":"Author: Jerry Hopkins\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780804840774\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Berkeley Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Sep 2009\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the colorful tradition of Orwell and Hemingway, Maugham and Theroux, Jerry Hopkins recalls his first decade as a Bangkok expatriate by profiling twenty-five of the city's most unforgettable characters. Among them are the man thought to be the model for Colonel Kurtz in \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/i\u003e, an advertising executive who photographs Thai bargirls for \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, an Oscar-winning screenwriter who moved there to die, a Catholic priest who has lived and worked in the Bangkok slums for 35 years, a circus dwarf turned computer programmer turned restaurateur, three Vietnam war helicopter pilots who opened a go-go bar, a pianist at one of the world's best hotels who ended up on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, a gem dealer who smuggles antiquities from Burma and Cambodia, a detective who tracks runaways who fake their deaths, and a documentary filmmaker who lives with elephants. All of them \"escaped\" to Thailand to re-invent themselves and live out their fantasies in one of the world's most notorious cities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46814062837918,"sku":"ADS-9780804840774","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780804840774.jpg?v=1778333568","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780804840774","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}