2002 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
two misfits
lost in paradise ...
a serial killer
and a lonely boy
S.P. Somtow's World Fantasy Award
winning novella is set in a picturesque Thai
village just after the Second World War. This
classic reimagining of Thailand's most
famous serial killer and his relationship with
a fictional American boy was originally
conceived as a film. Now, twenty years later, that conception is finally moving towards reality.
As a bonus, the novella comes paired with the short story "Chui Chai," about a modern-day Frankenstein operating among the sex workers of Bangkok. It's one of S.P. Somtow's most acclaimed pieces of short fiction.
Genre: Mystery
lost in paradise ...
a serial killer
and a lonely boy
S.P. Somtow's World Fantasy Award
winning novella is set in a picturesque Thai
village just after the Second World War. This
classic reimagining of Thailand's most
famous serial killer and his relationship with
a fictional American boy was originally
conceived as a film. Now, twenty years later, that conception is finally moving towards reality.
As a bonus, the novella comes paired with the short story "Chui Chai," about a modern-day Frankenstein operating among the sex workers of Bangkok. It's one of S.P. Somtow's most acclaimed pieces of short fiction.
Genre: Mystery
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