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The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, my first novel, originally published by Orchid Press in 2005 is back in print, with Crime Wave Press, Asia’s English language crime fiction imprint. You can buy the paperback edition from Amazon. The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu is also available as a Kindle ebook, as a NOOK Book from Barnes […]
Continue ReadingI’ve been interviewed by Editorial Xplora to promote Kathmandu, camino al infierno, the Spanish edition of my first novel The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu which has just been republished in paperback with Crime WavePress. Here’s the lowdown: Tom Vater, escritor y periodista experto en el Sur y Sureste Asiático, lleva viajando y viviendo durante más […]
Continue ReadingKathmandu, Camino al infierno is out now as a Kindle ebook on Amazon. “Kathmandu, camino al infierno” es una historia frenética y desgarradora repleta de humor negro. Un intenso relato que entremezcla de forma brillante la vida de dos generaciones de viajeros con la mítica ruta hippie como telón de fondo. Es 1976 y tres […]
Continue ReadingMy first novel, The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, originally published in 2006, is back in print! Republished by Crime Wave Press, this thriller set on the 1970s hippie trail between London and Kathmandu, was published in July last year as an ebook. A Spanish language edition came out last week with Editorial Xplora, both as […]
Continue ReadingOut now with Editorial Xplora!!!
Continue ReadingKathmandu, camino al infierno, the Spanish translation of my first novel The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, published by Editorial Xplora, is out now!!! ‘The Devil’s Road To Kathmandu’ is a tense, fast paced and kaleidoscopic pulp thriller, following the lives of two generations of drifters who become embroiled in a saga of sex, drugs and […]
Continue ReadingThe Spanish translation of The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, titled KATHAMDU, CAMINO AL INFIERNO, is out very soon. Published by Editorial Xplora in both print and ebook format. Check out a preview of the first 13 pages here. Check out the book trailer!!!
Continue ReadingEveryone has a good book in them so they say, Asia’s first English-language crime publishing house looks set to put that adage to the test. Mark Bibby Jackson interviews me about all things Crime Wave Press in this month’s ASIA LIFE Magazine, both in the Thailand and Cambodia edition. I get to talk about crime […]
Continue ReadingMy first novel, The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, published by Crime Wave Press, is soon to be published as Kathmandu, Camino al infierno by Spanish publisher Editorial Xplora. To get the book rolling in Spain, the publisher has produced a fantastic book trailer. Ladies and gentlemen, watch Kathmandu, Camino al infierno here!!!
Continue ReadingThe Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, my first novel, currently out with Crime Wave Press and soon published in Spanish as well, is reviewed on acclaimed travel blog Vagablogging this week. The plot is precisely knit as a handmade, intricate Kashmiri carpet… writes reviewer Marco Ferrarese. Read the low down here.
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