http://www.john-burdett.com Welcome to John's website Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:13:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reviewed by John Burdett 20th January 2008 Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id. This is not the argument of Charles Bock's exceptional Beautiful Children, so much as the fact from which he explores the survival strategies - usually doomed - of the citizen-mutants themselves. http://www.john-burdett.com/2008/01/20/washington-post-review-beautiful-children-by-charles-bock/ A Higher Pulp John Burdett Takes the Low Road to Enlightenment Few crimes make us fear for the evolution of our species. I am watching one right now. http://www.john-burdett.com/2008/01/09/the-sun-post-john-hood-bangkok-haunts/ Born in England and educated at Warwick University, John Burdett practiced law in England and Hong Kong before deciding on a career in writing. After honing his narrative chops with the intriguing thrillers A Personal History of Thirst and The Last Six Million Seconds, he went on to write three ... http://www.john-burdett.com/2007/10/29/thailand-ghosts-by-wipanan-chaichanta/ At Home Amid the Red Lights BANGKOK, Oct. 24 — As John Burdett ambles down a street packed with girlie bars, he passes two women in skimpy outfits waving their hands excitedly and calling out, “John! John!” http://www.john-burdett.com/2007/10/25/new-york-times-thomas-fuller-bangkok-haunts/ John Burdett: Detective writer at work in a seedy Bangkok district As John Burdett ambles down a street packed with girly bars he passes two women in skimpy outfits waving their hands excitedly and calling out, "John! John!" http://www.john-burdett.com/2007/10/24/international-herald-tribune-thomas-fuller-bangkok-haunts/ Spicy, Saucy, Subtle, Seasoned: A Thai Meal of Mystery With “Bangkok Haunts” John Burdett has now written three delicious detective yarns set in Bangkok’s underbelly, and the only thing that seems more far-fetched than some of his plots is that Hollywood has yet to put any of them on the screen. http://www.john-burdett.com/2007/07/05/new-york-times-claudia-la-rocco-bangkok-haunts/ Bangkok thriller is thoroughly literate and decadent And now for something completely different. No, really different. In “Bangkok Haunts,” emerging thriller superstar John Burdett has crafted a mid-air collision between two often contradictory literary sensibilities: those who seek the experience of losing themselves in language and milieu as rich and intoxicating ... http://www.john-burdett.com/2007/06/24/the-oregonian-bangkok-haunts/ Who knew that “Bangkok 8” and “Bangkok Tattoo” were just the warm-up acts? As vibrantly as those sizzling thrillers captured the exotic flavor of crime and corruption in Thailand’s capital city, John Burdett’s BANGKOK HAUNTS (Knopf, $24.95) opens up new avenues of awe. http://www.john-burdett.com/2007/06/24/new-york-times-marilyn-stasio-bangkok-haunts/ On my third visit to Thailand in as many months this past winter, a Thai friend greeted me on the phone with the words, "Ah, you've come back to paradise!" He was only half kidding. http://www.john-burdett.com/2007/06/17/washington-post-bangkok-haunts/ "Even emotional anguish is another misleading phenomenon," Sonchai Jitpleecheep tells us in John Burdett's latest novel, 'Bangkok Haunts'. Alas, that level of awareness is beyond Sonchai himself, and he could use some extra equipoise. http://www.john-burdett.com/2007/06/15/rick-kleffel-bangkok-haunts/