Hunters in the Dark, (Paperback)

from Hagelstein

Robert Grieve, “the aura of poverty about him,” crosses into Cambodia from Thailand on a rainy evening. He's considering staying rather than returning from his summer break to the life of a teacher in England with no “worlds at his feet,” only “doormats and cigarette butts and the plucked fins of...

from PoetVictoria

This is an interesting book. I've never read a book set in Cambodia and this one showed a believable view of what it must be like to live there as an expat. Somewhere I got the idea that this book was about heroin, yet the heroin was just a small part of it. It was really more about luck; the luc...

from Jcambridge

Having recently returned from a month-long trip to SE Asia, including several days in Cambodia and Laos, it was a welcome surprise to have this early reviewer book waiting for me. In a sense, it extended my vacation, particularly time spend in Luang Prabang and Phnom Penh. It took awhile to get i...

from kellifrobinson

Lawrence Osborne knows Cambodia well as evidenced by his descriptions of the food, culture, landscape, and people in his newest novel - Hunters in the Dark. Some books focus on character, some on plot, and some on setting. This is a novel with its spotlight on setting. All armchair travelers inte...

from hubblegal

This is quite an engrossing tale which takes place in the exotic world of Cambodia. A young English teacher, bored with his complacent life, decides to disappear. During his first night in Cambodia, he tries his hand at a gambling casino. What happens there sets off a series of events in which gr...