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Private Dancer

By: Stephen Leather
Narrated by: David Thorpe, Jilly Bond
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Thailand 1996. The Year of The Rat. Pete, a young travel writer, wanders into a Bangkok go-go bar and meets the love of his life. Joy is the girl of his dreams, young, stunningly pretty, and one of the Zombie Bar's top-earning pole dancers.

What follows is a roller-coaster ride of sex, drugs, and deception, as Pete discovers that his very own private dancer is not all she claims to be. And that far from being the girl of his dreams, Joy is his own personal nightmare.

©2005 Stephen Leather (P)2015 Isis Publishing Ltd
Romantic Suspense Romance
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Quality read

I felt they did a good job of setting up the characters. The needed emotional investment was attained and the supporting characters are Believable and entertaining. It was worthy of multiple read throughs.

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I learned some

I learned some terms and cultural facts. Some parts were funny. A lot of purchases are made so you become proficient at currency exchange.

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For anyone that's ever been to Thailand...

You'll relive so many experiences... A must read for anyone that is considering the trip!!!

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Simply fantastic. An utter masterpiece of writing.

An unforgettable story which rings so true it's spooky. Also brilliantly performed by Thorpe and Bond. Highly recommended.

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F*cking life as it is.

Naked truth about naked girls of Bangkok, starting with economics of prostitution ending with cross-cultural differences. Must read if you going to visit the city and enjoy it's night life.

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Excellent Tale of the Bangkok Night Trade

Excellent tale stemming from the Bangkok night trade. The novel’s protagonist, Pete, an English travel writer, is on a negative character arc. The reader ends up rooting for the source of his troubles, the Nana Plaza bar girl, Joy, whom Pete professes to love. But as his Brit friends in the novel might say, what a wanker he is. I “read” this on Audible. Great narration by David Thorpe and Jilly Bond, both of whom capture the “farang” and Thai voices very well. It was a fantastic read, kudos to the author, Stephen Leather. I am now reading Bangkok Bob and the Missing Mormon by Leather, which is even more fun.

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Tedious and depressing

The narration was excellent, but the protagonists were dislikable people. I couldn’t empathize with either of them. The various characters tediously reiterate that falling for a bar girl is a disaster. Okay, I got it the first time. I nearly abandoned it, but stuck it out to see if it got any better. Resolution was unsatisfactory

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The dangerous tale

Good fictional book about something very real. I recommend every man going to Thailand read up on this. It’s a cautionary tale about a guy from London being a simp (a sucker) over a bargirl in Bangkok. This could easily have a movie adaptation.

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Spot on!

I listened to story while vacationing in Bangkok, a one minute walk from Nana plaza. Yes, Nana plaza has the prettiest girls and if you are not careful, you can lose quite a bit of money and more if not careful.

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funtastic

have't read anything from the author before, must say highly impressed 😁written in first person with many characters made it more enjoyable. mindset of thai people from certain background is perfectly captured

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