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Salty, witty guide to Thailand’s cultural puzzles
This feels like the kind of book long-term expats pass to each other with a knowing laugh. Cooper takes the baffling parts of Thai life and explains them with sharp humour, but never in a mean-spirited way, which makes the cultural insights land naturally. If you want something more candid and lived-in than a standard guidebook, this is a smart and entertaining companion.
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ISBN: 9789812614292
Authors:
Robert Cooper
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Editions
Date of Publication: 2007-11-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.25
(rated by 4 readers)
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The author is convinced that the flavour of Thai society can only really be appreciated when taken with a large dose of salty humour. Writing with a robust, biting humour that is at once deeply sympathetic of the non-Thai's plight, Cooper brings his lifelong experience with Thailand and the Thais to focus on those areas of Thai culture that most trouble or confuse a foreigner, even one living in the country for several years. Thailand Beyond the Fringe is written principally for the expatriate who is in Thailand for the long haul. Cooper, builds on the cultural ground rules set out in CultureShock!, delving deeper into the characteristics of Thais and non-Thais and the interaction between the two. Those who have read his other books, 'CultureShock! Thailand' and 'Thais Mean Business' will enjoy and benefit from the 100 situations he now covers in this work.
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Salty, witty guide to Thailand’s cultural puzzles
This feels like the kind of book long-term expats pass to each other with a knowing laugh. Cooper takes the baffling parts of Thai life and explains them with sharp humour, but never in a mean-spirited way, which makes the cultural insights land naturally. If you want something more candid and lived-in than a standard guidebook, this is a smart and entertaining companion.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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