Monks, murder, money, miracles and mystifications. Snakes galore and sleazy slitherings intertwined with scandal, suicide and rape in the central Thai village of Khoak Phranang - the first of a celebrated quartet of novels [see The Medium, Khoak Phranang and Lord of the Landunder the ThaiFiction imprint]. Central to the story are Yeesun, murderer, boxer, snake catcher and a good man - and Abbot Nian (Father Smoothy), who beheads Buddha statues, kills a monk and beds another for the greater glory of his temple.
A tale told at breakneck speed with bite and sardonic humour. A daring novel written in 1984 denouncing the betrayal of Buddhism in the age of rampant consumerism
Monks, murder, money, miracles and mystifications. Snakes galore and sleazy slitherings intertwined with scandal, suicide and rape in the central Thai village of Khoak Phranang - the first of a celebrated quartet of novels [see The Medium, Khoak Phranang and Lord of the Landunder the ThaiFiction imprint]. Central to the story are Yeesun, murderer, boxer, snake catcher and a good man - and Abbot Nian (Father Smoothy), who beheads Buddha statues, kills a monk and beds another for the greater glory of his temple.
A tale told at breakneck speed with bite and sardonic humour. A daring novel written in 1984 denouncing the betrayal of Buddhism in the age of rampant consumerism