'Kingdom of the Monkey' is the extraordinary and vivid account of a country so captivating yet so obscure in every way, that the deeper you go in the harder it gets to look away.Cambodia, 1993 - 2003: this is no tropical paradise; stay too long out there and soon nothing you may come across really holds the same power to shock or surprise you. It's a time when all acceptable norms of humanity seem to be turned upside down. Even the last of Indochina's civil wars, grinding on out in the countryside, presents as a mere sideshow diversion to the main events being played out in the free-for-all capital that is Phnom Penh.
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Verlagsort
Illustrationen
6 black and white illustrations
Maße
Höhe: 196 mm
Breite: 130 mm
Dicke: 26 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-915494-34-4 (9781915494344)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Jim Taylor, from Kent in South East England, has lived, worked and travelled within various war-zones around the world. His sense of adventure and perspective of reality is what drives him to encounter the world as it really is. After having recorded a wealth of knowledge and experience on the recent history of change in the developing nations of South East Asia, it is high time for the fourth book in his adventure-travel series to see the light of the day.
CONTENTS
Also by Jim Taylor: 3
Preface 11
Part One 13
Chapter One - Seventeenth April 14
Chapter Two - The Minefield Bar 19
Chapter Three - Train to Sihanoukville 26
Chapter Four - Toul Kork 30
Part Two 39
Chapter Five - Martinis 40
Chapter Six - Lead us not into temptation 58
Chapter Seven - Rockets for Sale 64
Chapter Eight - The Capitol 70
Part Three 81
Chapter Nine - Total eclipse of the sun 82
Chapter Ten - Golup Ti Muoy 86
Chapter Eleven - Dr. Scotty 99
Part Four 109
Chapter Twelve - The Rooftops 110
Chapter Thirteen - The Banana school 128
Chapter Fourteen - Chasing the dragon 146
Chapter Fifteen - The Golden cow 159
Chapter Sixteen - Aesop's Fables 176
Chapter Seventeen - Year of the Rat 193
Part Five 209
Chapter Eighteen - Metal rain 210
Chapter Nineteen - Three Wise Monkeys 224
Chapter Twenty - Millennium madness 243
Chapter Twenty-one - Blood for sale 252
Part Six 263
Chapter Twenty-two - Brave New World 264
Conclusions 274
Glossary 282
Bibliography 287
