Title: An Apostate
Subtitle: Nawin of Thais
Description: Older, Nawin Biangklang, the famous Thai artist, finds his newly acquired wealth stifling.  The novel delineates his repudiation of old relationships just as he had repudiated former family and embarking on a train journey to Laos.  Written in a poetic and philosophical stream of consciousness, the novel probes the cliche of a midlife crisis with great psychological depth
Subjects: mid- life crisis, stream of consciousness, Nawin of Thais
Places: Vientiene Laos, Bangkok Thailand
People: Nawin Biangklang