The Cultural Detective
"It is perhaps a judge of excellence that I would pull down one book from the shelves, read it again, and thoroughly enjoy it once more?  If so, thenThe Cultural Detectiveby Christopher G. Moore is an excellent book.  Not only a good book, but for me, the best book reviewed in 2011"--Pattaya Mail"Moore's                 flashy style successfully captures the dizzying contradictions                 in [Bangkok's] vertiginous landscape."--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review"One                 of Moore's greatest strengths ... is his knowledge of Southeast                 Asian history." --Newsweek"The                 most important recreator of Thailand for a Western audience."--Vancouver Sun"Moore's                 work doesn't flinch from cultural detail or complex social analysis.                 He takes chances, lots of them."--International Herald Tribune