The glass kingdom
Osborne, Lawrence, 1958-2020
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Sarah Talbot Jennings, a young American living in New York, has fled to Bangkok to disappear. Arriving with a suitcase containing $200,000, she rents an apartment at the Kingdom, a glittering high-end complex slowly sinking into its own twilight - and run by conveniently discreet staff. In Bangkok's shocking heat Sarah meets the beguiling Mali, a half-Thai tenant who's strangely determined to bring the quiet American out of her shell. An invitation to Mali's poker nights soon follows, where - fuelled by shots of yadong, gossip of shady dealings in the city and the hit of marijuana - Sarah is drawn into the orbit of the Kingdom's glamorous ex-pat women. But when an attempted military coup wracks the streets below and Sarah witnesses something unspeakable through one of the Kingdom's windows, only to be followed by a series of strange disappearances, Sarah's safe haven begins to feel like a trap.
Main title:
The glass kingdom / Lawrence Osborne.
Author:
Osborne, Lawrence, 1958-, author
Imprint:
London : Hogarth, 2020.
Collation:
292 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781781090787 (hbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2703838