New Thai Literary Puzzler Raises Questions, and Ire
“Thaksin: Where Are You?”
by Yvan Cohen/On Asia, for The International Herald Tribune
“Thaksin: Where Are You?”
by Yvan Cohen/On Asia, for The International Herald Tribune
Sunisa Lertpakawat said she wheedled and wept until Thaksin Shinawatra gave her seven hours of interviews for a seemingly inoffensive portrait of a mild-mannered political retiree.
It is Thailand’s latest political puzzler: a strange little book about the former prime minister that may or may not be what it seems.
Thaksin Shinawatra lives in London, his home since he was ousted in a coup last September, watching and perhaps waiting for his moment as the generals in power led the country through an exhausting series of watershed moments. On Sunday, in the latest of these, Thailand will vote on a new Constitution that would pave the way for an election later this year.
It is Thailand’s latest political puzzler: a strange little book about the former prime minister that may or may not be what it seems.
Thaksin Shinawatra lives in London, his home since he was ousted in a coup last September, watching and perhaps waiting for his moment as the generals in power led the country through an exhausting series of watershed moments. On Sunday, in the latest of these, Thailand will vote on a new Constitution that would pave the way for an election later this year.
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