Another Quiet American: Stories of Life in Laos
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Brett Dakin went to Laos to work close to the centre of power, and this collection describes the people he met there. His boss is a wealthy general whose name alone unsettles those who hear it. Other figures include an elderly prince who still longs for the days of French colonial rule, and an American pilot who went off to fight and never came home. Younger Lao citizens, many of them with more money than they can spend, also appear, still looking for something that makes them content. The result is a frank, good-humoured look at one of the last communist states in the world and at a way of life that is disappearing fast.
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