
Bangkok 8
(The first book in the Sonchai Jitpleecheep series)(2002)
A novel by
John Burdett
| "One of the most startling and provocative mysteries I've read in years." Carl Hiaasen |
| "Read this book, savor the language - it's the last and the most compelling word in thrillers." James Ellroy |
Surreal Bangkok, city of temples and brothels, where Buddhist monks in saffron robes walk the same streets as world-class gangsters, where bodies and souls are for sale or rent, and where the way you die may be more important than the way you live.
Inside a locked Mercedes an African-American Marine sergeant is killed by a maddened python and a swarm of cobras. Two cops - the only two in the city not on the take - arrive too late. Minutes later, only one is alive.
Sworn to avenge the death of his partner and soul brother, Sonchai Jitpleecheep, a fair-skinned Thai and a devout Buddhist who commutes daily between the sacred precepts of his religion and the profane delights the city has to offer, works his way through District 8. His tools are the forensic techniques of the modern police department; no less vital is his profound understanding of the mystical workings of the spirit world.
Soon he is in a realm he has never before encountered: the moneyed underbelly of Bangkok, where desire rules and the human body is as custom-designable as a raw hunk of jade - and where Sonchai eventually tracks the killer, a predator of an even more sinister variety.
A highly original story of gripping pace and reality, Bangkok 8 is a rare thing: a darkly atmospheric novel redolent with the authentic, hallucinogenic atmosphere of Bangkok. You've never read a thriller quite like this.
Inside a locked Mercedes an African-American Marine sergeant is killed by a maddened python and a swarm of cobras. Two cops - the only two in the city not on the take - arrive too late. Minutes later, only one is alive.
Sworn to avenge the death of his partner and soul brother, Sonchai Jitpleecheep, a fair-skinned Thai and a devout Buddhist who commutes daily between the sacred precepts of his religion and the profane delights the city has to offer, works his way through District 8. His tools are the forensic techniques of the modern police department; no less vital is his profound understanding of the mystical workings of the spirit world.
Soon he is in a realm he has never before encountered: the moneyed underbelly of Bangkok, where desire rules and the human body is as custom-designable as a raw hunk of jade - and where Sonchai eventually tracks the killer, a predator of an even more sinister variety.
A highly original story of gripping pace and reality, Bangkok 8 is a rare thing: a darkly atmospheric novel redolent with the authentic, hallucinogenic atmosphere of Bangkok. You've never read a thriller quite like this.
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Hardback Editions
October 2004 : Hardback
| Title: Bangkok 8 Author(s): John Burdett ISBN: 1-84395-491-5 / 9781843954910 (UK edition) Publisher: Imprint unknown Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2003 : Hardback
| Title: Bangkok 8 Author(s): John Burdett ISBN: 0-593-05173-4 / 978-0-593-05173-3 (UK or USA edition) Publisher: Bantam Press Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
June 2003 : Hardback
| Title: Bangkok 8 Author(s): John Burdett ISBN: 1-4000-4044-2 / 978-1-4000-4044-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2003 : Hardback
| Title: Bangkok 8 Author(s): John Burdett ISBN: 0-9657525-3-4 / 978-0-9657525-3-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
July 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Bangkok Eight Author(s): John Burdett ISBN: 0-552-15356-7 / 978-0-552-15356-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Corgi Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2004 : Paperback
| Title: Bangkok 8 Author(s): John Burdett ISBN: 0-552-77140-6 / 978-0-552-77140-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Corgi Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2004 : Paperback
| Title: Bangkok 8: A Novel Author(s): John Burdett ISBN: 1-4000-3290-3 / 978-1-4000-3290-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2003 : Paperback
| Title: Bangkok 8. Author(s): John Burdett ISBN: 0-552-21248-2 / 978-0-552-21248-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Transworld Publ. Ltd UK Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 2002 : Paperback
| Title: Bangkok 8 Author(s): John Burdett ISBN: 0-593-05161-0 / 978-0-593-05161-0 (UK or USA edition) Publisher: Bantam Press Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
2005 : Audio CD
| Title: Bangkok 8 Author(s): John Burdett ISBN: 1-84632-373-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Clipper Audio Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
August 2003 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Bangkok 8 Author(s): John Burdett ISBN: 0-7366-9107-3 / 978-0-7366-9107-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Books on Tape Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
June 2003 : Audio CD
| Title: Bangkok 8 Author(s): John Burdett ISBN: 0-7393-0387-2 / 978-0-7393-0387-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
2003 : Audio CD
| Title: Bangkok 8 Unabridged (Unabridged) Author(s): John Burdett ISBN: 0-7366-9374-2 / 978-0-7366-9374-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Audio Publishing Group Availability: Amazon More details... |
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