Bangkok Days

Thailand inspires such enthralled romanticism that it also invites great cynicism and it is a feat to acknowledge all its complexities and graces, as Osborne does, without ever quite surrendering to them -- Pico Iyer Los Angeles Times He is a first-rate observer and analyst... Any Westerner curious to take a decadent Oriental trip with a writer you can trust to keep you turning the pages should pick up a copy New York Times He vividly sketches the characters he meets: a man with a degree in air-conditioning, one with an air of upper-class twittery ... Osborne's travelogue is, however, memorably touching -- Anita Sethi Independent on Sunday With a brief stint as a gigolo, insights into the Buddhist interpretation of transgender 'kathoeys', and several friendships with various wayward desolates, Osborne maintains a lively note to proceedings throughout... this book has an underlying sense of warmth and genuine fondness for its subject matter Real Travel Magazine He uses language with great skill, and the sounds and smells of Bangkok are wonderfully evoked. Osborne's writing conveys a geniune love for the city Library Journal