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A
Killing Smile
First
in the Land of Smiles Trilogy
ISBN
974-92335-7-3
Trade paperback 6" - 9 1/4"
2004, 270 pages |
A
Killing Smile begins the Land of Smiles trilogy.
Lawrence Baring, a successful Los Angeles attorney,
had lost his wife, Sarah. He discovers after her
suicide that Sarah had maintained a long-distance
affair with Robert Tuttle. Baring travels to Bangkok
for a showdown with Tuttle who has become a long-time
resident of the Bangkok underworld.
In
this cult classic tale of betrayal and exploitation,
Baring and Tuttle circle each other inside Thai
culture where language and way of life deliver multidimensional
surprises. In his quest for revenge, Baring learns
true meaning of friendship and the secrets behind
the smile.
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Praise
“[A
Killing Smile] set the standard of an artistic movement:
Bangkok Noir ... Brilliant observations on the Bangkok nightlife
... A creative triumph.”
—James Newman Fiction
“The
whole effect is very real— particularly the revelation
of those razor teeth back of the Smile.”
—Gore Vidal
“Moore
is a master of detail . . . a pioneer, daring and inventive.”
—The Nation
“I
was knocked out by the sensitivity of the writing, the
textures of the characters, the many levels of feeling.
The outcome is one of the finest male bonding stories
I have ever come across and I kick myself that I didn’t
write this novel.”
—Stirling Silliphant, Oscar winner for In the
Heat of the Night
“The
portrait of Tuttle as an expatriate shipwrecked in an alien
tropic brings to mind Theroux's Jack Flowers.”
—The Japan Times
“In
A Killing Smile Moore succeeds in translating for a Western
audience the inside of how Thais think. Above all he describes
with an objective, non-judgemental eye the raw pathos,
the light and shadow of the world that never surfaces
in the glossy tourist catalogues.”
—Fabio Novel, Thriller Magazine (Italy)
“Critically
regarded as the best Western author today whose books focus
on this country (e.g., A Killing Smile).”
—Bangkok Post
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