Snakes

Monks, murder, money, miracles and mystifications. 

Snakes galore and sleazy slitherings 

intertwined with scandal, suicide and rape 

in the central Thai village of Khoak Phranang 

– the first of a celebrated quartet of novels

[see The Medium, Khoak Phranang and Lord of the Land

under the ThaiFiction imprint].

Central to the story are Yeesun, 

murderer, boxer, snake catcher and a good man 

– and Abbot Nian (Father Smoothy), 

who beheads Buddha statues, kills a monk … (more)

Monks, murder, money, miracles and mystifications. 

Snakes galore and sleazy slitherings 

intertwined with scandal, suicide and rape 

in the central Thai village of Khoak Phranang 

– the first of a celebrated quartet of novels

[see The Medium, Khoak Phranang and Lord of the Land

under the ThaiFiction imprint].

Central to the story are Yeesun, 

murderer, boxer, snake catcher and a good man 

– and Abbot Nian (Father Smoothy), 

who beheads Buddha statues, kills a monk 

and beds another for the greater glory of his temple.

A tale told at breakneck speed 

with bite and sardonic humour. 

A daring novel written in 1984 denouncing the betrayal 

of Buddhism in the age of rampant consumerism