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Fiction debut exposes dark side of Thailand in Nikkei Asia

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023tom

My latest story in Nikkei Asia is an interview with Mai Nardone, author of Welcome Me to the Kingdom, a most excellent literary fiction collection of touching and brutal short stories on life in Thailand: Western readers are likely to be surprised by the chasm between the well-established Thai stereotypes of beach holidays, spicy food […]

Mekong Shadows reviewed in The Nation

August 6, 2017August 6, 2017tomLeave a Comment

Great write-up by Paul Dorsey in today’s Nation newspaper for the Mekong Shadows anthology with praise for The Cambodian Book of the Dead. The anthology’s best episode, hands down, is actually a long excerpt from “The Cambodian Book of the Dead”, a taut and disturbing novel by Tom Vater (“Sacred Skin – Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos”). […]