POSTCARDS FROM CHIANGMAI & OTHER UTTERINGS
Published by Firewheel Books, West Yorkshire.
This caustic and amusing reportage of the parts of Thailand most tourists don’t see plunges you into an eerie and hilarious hinterland of razor-wielding lady-boys, martial-arts trained restaurateurs and severely sexually over-active septuagenarians.
Tim Wyatt uncompromisingly unmasks the dark secrets overshadowing this sinister world of financially-savvy monks, alcohol-crazed taxi-drivers and tormented wildlife.
It is a quest for enlightenment and an eye-popping journey through go-go joints, temples and karaoke bars imperilled by sleep deprivation, cheap alcohol and deep neurosis.
Described by The International Literary Gleaner as “a reactionary masterpiece of gut-wrenching clarity from this dissident journalist”, Postcards From Chiangmai is a refreshing alternative to those bland and banal celebrity-fronted travelogues.