Kingdom of the Monkey
The Conrad Press (Verlag)
978-1-915494-34-4 (ISBN)
‘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.
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
Preface11
Part One13
Chapter One – Seventeenth April14
Chapter Two – The Minefield Bar19
Chapter Three – Train to Sihanoukville 26
Chapter Four – Toul Kork30
Part Two39
Chapter Five – Martinis40
Chapter Six – Lead us not into temptation58
Chapter Seven – Rockets for Sale64
Chapter Eight – The Capitol70
Part Three81
Chapter Nine – Total eclipse of the sun82
Chapter Ten – Golup Ti Muoy86
Chapter Eleven – Dr. Scotty99
Part Four109
Chapter Twelve – The Rooftops110
Chapter Thirteen – The Banana school128
Chapter Fourteen – Chasing the dragon146
Chapter Fifteen – The Golden cow159
Chapter Sixteen – Aesop's Fables176
Chapter Seventeen – Year of the Rat193
Part Five209
Chapter Eighteen – Metal rain210
Chapter Nineteen – Three Wise Monkeys224
Chapter Twenty – Millennium madness243
Chapter Twenty-one – Blood for sale252
Part Six263
Chapter Twenty-two – Brave New World264
Conclusions274
Glossary282
Bibliography287
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.02.2023 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 6 black and white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Canterbury |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien |
| ISBN-10 | 1-915494-34-6 / 1915494346 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-915494-34-4 / 9781915494344 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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