Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap - first published in 2004
I have never had any desire to visit Thailand and wasn't looking forward to my literary journey there. However I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I don't normally like short stories but I enjoyed nearly all of them. They are mainly about family life in present day Thailand. The last one, which is about cockfighting, was much longer than the others and not so pleasant, mainly because of the subject matter. 7/10
28th May 2011
