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Red-light Nights, Bangkok Daze
Chronicles of sexuality across Asia

by William Sparrow

Sexy, entertaining, and thoroughly informative, Red-light Nights, Bangkok Daze is a collection of reports that offers a glimpse into what is enticing, insightful, and possibly unknown about sex in Asia. It looks at the sex scenes and unseens in the ‘usual suspects’ of Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Japan as well as in less obvious countries such as Pakistan, China, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Covering the gamut of love, lust, passion, and pleasure across Asia, these articles offer unique insights into the sometimes shadowy world of the carnal pleasures on offer and the hypocrisies surrounding them. Gathered from the views of unrepentant ‘sexpats’, wayward tourists, and the locals themselves, in Redlight Nights, Bangkok Daze, you’ll fi nd revelations about the varied experiences this huge cast of characters participates in.Succumb to the lights, and weather the daze; you’ll fi nd yourself exhilarated and waking to a newfound awareness of the complex, interesting and yet confusing world of sex in Asia.

Pub Date: September 2008 | Price: S$23.50 | Paperback (B format) 224pp
Memoir | ISBN: 978-981-08-1076-4 | Territory: World (all langauges)

Sex journalist William Sparrow grew up in Chicago and worked in a variety of industries before relocating to Asia in 2002. He became the Editor in Chief of one of Asia’s leading sexuality websites, Asian Sex Gazette (www.asiansexgazette.com), and began reporting on issues of sexuality from cities across Asia. Willliam has a regular column, “Sex in Depth”, in Asia Times Online (www.atimes.com). He currently lives in Thailand with his wife and daughter. Red-light Nights, Bangkok Daze is his first book.

“Bedside reading for any traveler (armchair or airplane) who seeks a humane, yet frank, sex tour of the region.”
–Tracy Quan, author, "Diary of a Jetsetting Call Girl"

“Insightful glimpses into the sex industries of Southeast Asia, where cheap but cheerful doesn't always mean nasty but nice.”
–GErrie Lim, author of "Invisible Trade"