Eating Smoke : One Man's Descent into Drug Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland (Paperback)

from pizzadj2

I disliked the guy within the first few chapters and it didn't change much throughout the book. Some whole pages I just skimmed over because it was drunk noises all in caps, like: "YAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHH" he said, "GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH". "But WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH" I'd say I...

from bookwormteri

Interesting concept, I was really looking forward to reading this book. I was sorely disappointed. I didn't care about the main character, for some reason, I found the book really hard to read. It seemed really repetitive and nothing happens. He gets high and goes to work as a bouncer/dj/bouncer/...

from sheryll

As a person in recovery, I'm always interested in other people's story of addiction/recovery. This is wonderfully straightforward account of how the author's life spiraled out of control. While it lagged a bit in some spots and had some repetitiveness, it's also an interesting look at how easily ...

from doomjesse

I finally received a review copy of this book (interestingly it was sent from Hong Kong directly). Was it worth the wait? Yes!. While the cover of the book makes him out to be a bit more successful than he seems to be (and thus the downward spiral more dramatic), it is still fascinating. While th...

from chinaphotographer

What just might be the funniest if not first autobiography ever penned by a drug-addicted foreigner in China, Chris Thrall's "Eating Smoke" contains more spiritual pollution than all of the titles on the Communist Party's banned books list combined. In a country whose history was irrevocably alte...