{"product_id":"thailand-confidential-9780794600938","title":"Thailand Confidential","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Wanna stand in the face of a charging elephant  get hit by a motorcycle  eat giant water bugs  blowtorch your mouth on some of the hottest chili peppers on earth  then go watch a sex change operation? Of course you dont  but  happily  Jerry Hopkins has done all that and morelots morein this darkly humorous  deeply affectionate  clear-eyed but never patronizing portrait of Thailand  his adopted home. Highly recommended.\" Tim Cahill  author of Lost in My Own Backyard  Hold the Enlightenment and Jaguars Ripped My Flesh  \"After over a decade in the country  Hopkins knows and loves his subject dearlythat much is obviousand his vivid portrait projects that love from every page.\" Jann Wenner  editor and founder of Rolling Stone Magazine  \"A loving expose of everything thats wonderful about Thailand  and much that isnt. Should be required reading for all newcomers.\" Joe Cummings  author of the Lonely Planet Thailand Guide  Writer Jerry Hopkins came to Thailand for a visit in the 1980s  and ended up a permanent resident with a temporary visaa big  white farang haunting the bars and back alleys of Bangkok. His essays explore the mystery and mayhem of \"The Land of Smiles\" to hilariousand sometimes disturbingeffect. Travel with him to a place where whisky is rum  water buffaloes are gay  insects are dinner  dildos are lucky charms  and your wildest adolescent fantasies can come true (for a nominal fee).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45951491244085,"sku":"ByrdShop_079460093X","price":65.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780794600938.jpg?v=1788109890","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/thailand-confidential-9780794600938","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}