WC: Damrong exerts her revenge from beyond the grave against those who wronged her. Not only is there an element of sorcery, but there is a strange transition in which Gamon looks like “Damrong in every movement”; you even refer to Gamon as “she.” Can you comment on how this passage coalesced in your mind?

JB: I was stuck for an ending. I was lying on my bed, wracking my brains. Then Damrong appeared before me and explained exactly how the ending had to be. I simply followed instructions, like a secretary, on condition she never haunt me again.

WC: What can we expect in your fourth Bangkok novel, and is there the possibility of a movie based on one of your novels?

JB: Movie option is more or less tied up for Bangkok 8. If they actually make the thing, and it works, I guess they’ll want to do more of the Sonchai books. I’m halfway through the fourth one, which is provisionally entitled The Godfather of Siam.

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