NY Times 🔗 [Link: nytimes.com/2007/07/05/books/05laro.html/]By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO
Published: July 5, 2007
But Mr. Burdett's half-Thai, half-farang (Thai for Westerners) Buddhist cop hero is made for Hollywood. Bring on the wide-angle shots of Bangkok street chaos and the broody, shadowed silhouettes in houses of ill repute. And how about the Kalashnikov-toting monk, the pre-op transsexual assistant, the beautiful, demonic hooker and the grisly plot twist that will have you reconsidering those cuddly nature-show portrayals of elephants?
