Comrade Aeon’s Field Guide to Bangkok by Emma Larkin (Paperback)

'Endearing... enlightening... an affecting and suspenseful portrait of contemporary Bangkok' Literary Review

'Emma Larkin richly and vividly brings her characters to life... a captivating tour de force' Alaa Al Aswany

An overlooked patch of jungle behind a Bangkok city slum resonates with the hopes, dreams and fears of the local community. Those who are drawn to the plot of land - among them a homeless revolutionary, an ambitious property developer, and a lonely expat housewife - believe they can find opportunity or redemption there. But the slum-dwelling spirits who guard its secrets have other plans.

With a rich cast of characters that spans Bangkok's multi-layered society, Comrade Aeon's Field Guide to Bangkok is a masterful, captivating debut, and a vivid portrayal of a forgetful city awakening to its past

Emma Larkin richly and vividly brings her characters to life, revealing the drama of their existence through a multifaceted look at Thai society. Comrade Aeon's Field Guide to Bangkok is a captivating tour de force - Alaa Al Aswany

Endearing... enlightening... an affecting and suspenseful portrait of contemporary Bangkok - Literary Review

A complicated paean to a complicated city [...] an intricate portrait of contemporary Bangkok that is, at once, dystopian and magnificent - South China Post