John Burdett
John Burdett is the author of A Personal History of Thirst, The Last Six Million Seconds, Bangkok 8, and Bangkok Tattoo.
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John Burdett is the author of A Personal History of Thirst, The Last Six Million Seconds, Bangkok 8, and Bangkok Tattoo.
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Birth date: July 24, 1951
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”This system carries with it the unspoken implication that once someone has been defined as an ‘object,’ it is automatically assumed to be ‘promiscuous’ in the sense that it may be bought and sold like any other object, even if the object in question is somebody’s kidney or liver--or whole body. Thi...
As you travel to foreign countries, you probably always ask yourself - do people of these other cultures think the same way we do, even though they speak a separate language? Don't they value the same things we do, have the same sense of right and wrong, and so on? It's tempting to think so. Burdett...
The series pivoted into the absurd. It's become grotesque with absurd pseudo philosophical musings on Buddhism, the differing viewpoints of the east and west, and extreme characters. Too bad. I liked Jitpleecheep.
This story was interesting, not from the locked room aspect (a US marine is killed in a locked mercedes by a group of crazed snakes) but from the point of view of the investigating officer whose soul brother was killed in the same incident. He's one of the few non-corrupt members of the Bangkok pol...
Fun.