{"product_id":"bangkok-days-9780865477322","title":"Bangkok Days","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBangkok Days\u003c\/strong\u003e by Osborne, Lawrence. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780865477322.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA PASSIONATE, AFFECTIONATE RECORD OF ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES IN THE WORLD’S HOTTEST METROPOLIS\n\nTourists come to Bangkok for many reasons—a sex change operation, a night with two prostitutes dressed as nuns, a stay in a luxury hotel. Lawrence Osborne comes for the cheap dentistry. Broke (but no longer in pain), he finds that he can live in Bangkok on a few dollars a day. And so the restless exile stays.\n\nOsborne’s is a visceral experience of Bangkok, whether he’s wandering the canals that fill the old city; dining at the No Hands Restaurant, where his waitress feeds him like a baby; or launching his own notably unsuccessful career as a gigolo. A guide without inhibitions, Osborne takes us to a feverish place where a strange blend of ancient Buddhist practice and new sexual mores has created a version of modernity only superficially indebted to the West. Bangkok Days is a love letter to the city that revived Osborne’s faith in adventure and the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"North Point Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966455214133,"sku":"ByrdShop_0865477329","price":28.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780865477322_08cc8b46-3d74-47c9-b4eb-4d5e93e0bb5c.jpg?v=1778670809","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/bangkok-days-9780865477322","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}