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An absolutely staggering piece of work. The closest I can think of is Robert Harris who's also a British historical fiction writer who often writes about World War ii. This is the first book I've read fiction or nonfiction that covers the events immediately after World War II in the German theater. With a mix of real and imagined characters as well as real and imagined events. This is an absolute page turner.

Only concern is no direct interview with Tim himself. Major flaw IMHO

Love this so far..1st Grisham in almost 30 years ! Found at a hotel in Thailand..I spent 3 1/2 weeks in Florida in 2018 and have thought of getting a home there..Have family and friends there as well...

Amazing

Looks good so far.

Gave up hated it !

quit hated it !

Re-reading after finishing in 2015. Got a fresh copy from Australia. I am looking forward to reducing suffering in my life...my main motivation to re-read.

Great book esp if you are a Western expat living in Asia..Pair this with "The Outsider" with Jared Leto on Netflix to get a real look at Japan away from the tourist view

Amazing book 5 out of 5 10 out of 10 plus I'm an American living in Asia anything to do with Asia is interesting. never read any books about North or South Korea fiction or nonfiction son digging this I also like the China part of it I've lived in China before. Great book. Haven't read any of the other Janson books of the series that I assume the rest are good as well. Douglas Corleone doing a great job

Great book but it really didn't do much to quell my lifelong issues with worry anxiety depression and self-doubt.

Great book. Love the author's style. My favorite movie so it's easy to fall along even though it appears that about 80% of the details are different between the book and the movie. Interesting to finally read one of the saucers books. A great work of fiction the pages are easy to read the book it's relatively short easy on the eyes

Just an absolutely mind-blowing book. The author it turns out it's a long-term Thailand expert. He lived here from 1960 until 2017. If you're an expat living in Thailand especially an American living in Bangkok like myself you want to read this book. But it's also torture because nobody really knows what happened to Jim Thompson. I hope the mystery is solved

I'm an American around the same age as this gentleman when he disappeared. I've been living in Bangkok for 3 years. Intensely interested in the subject matter. Goodreads so far. Always wanted to go to Malaysia. Learning a lot about Malaysia. Learning more about Thailand in myself as an expat here.

764 pages total in my version....Always wanted to read a book on Mao and this jumped out at me..I have lived in Asia for three years and spent a lot of time in China + with the corona virus and China's prominent place on the world stage it's a timely read.Book is getting depressing--Mao was one evil dude (duh) and I may need to go back to something lighter than this !

764 pages total in my version....Always wanted to read a book on Mao and this jumped out at me..I have lived in Asia for three years and spent a lot of time in China + with the corona virus and China's prominent place on the world stage it's a timely read. A bit daunted by the length and reading about such a monster but I am curious to know about China from 1900 to 1976. Will keep everyone posted..Be safe !

764 pages total in my version....Always wanted to read a book on Mao and this jumped out at me..I have lived in Asia for three years and spent a lot of time in China + with the corona virus and China's prominent place on the world stage it's a timely read. A bit daunted by the length and reading about such a monster but I am curious to know about China from 1900 to 1976. Will keep everyone posted..Be safe !

764 pages total in my version....Always wanted to read a book on Mao and this jumped out at me..I have lived in Asia for three years and spent a lot of time in China + with the corona virus and China's prominent place on the world stage it's a timely read. A bit daunted by the length and reading about such a monster but I am curious to know about China from 1900 to 1976. Will keep everyone posted..Be safe !