This novel takes place almost exclusively in a Bangkok go-go bar...Well let's be honest whorehouse. The central figure is an expat American who has lived in Bangkok (and this particular bar) for 20 some odd years.There is a vague central plot, but most of the novel deals with stories about a series of Expats and their experiences in Bangkok.I've been to Bangkok and I found this a dreadful book. It's as if a group of people spend their entire adult life's in a low-life LA bar and their only knowledge of the US is what they gained from a bunch of prostitutes.I bought this book with the hope of learning about the expat experience living in Thailand.Don't bother.