Contents
The Cambodian Book of the Dead
In the Shadow of Enlightenment
I. The Golden Peacock
1. The Widow
2. Maier
3. The Pearl of Asia
4. Into the Heart of Darkness
5. Christmas Baubles
6. Self-Defense
7. On the Beach
8. Kaley
9. Dog Lover
10. The Reef Pirates
11. Blue, Red and Dead
12. One Hot, One Cold
13. The Casino
14. Mother Russia
15. Mosquito
16. Rain
17. Enlightenment
18. Dawn
19. Down Below
20. L’Amour
21. L’Île des Ambassadeurs
II. The White Spider
22. Thirit’s Wisdom
23. Shadow Play
24. Big Sister
25. The Needle
26. Homecoming
27. Bilge Water and Mekong Whiskey
28. Battambang
29. Freezer
30. Rolf
31. Activist Found Dead At Home
32. Cambodia Daily
33. Kampot
34. The Last Filling Station
35. Hell is Easy
36. The Twentieth Century
37. The Biographer
38. The Hangman’s Boudoir
39. All’s Fair in Love and War
40. Death in the Tea Plantation
41. The Roof of the World
42. Faites vos Jeux
43. Endgame
44. The City of Angels
45. Her Eyes Said Goodbye
46. A Mirror for the Blind
Acknowledgments
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Acknowledgments
I. Pakistan, North West Frontier Province
The gate at the end of the world
Once upon a time
Mr. Khan
Bug transit
Highway butterflies
Heaven’s where you find it
Down by the river
You can’t take too much with you
This deal turns more than one wheel
Sweet smelling squidgy
It ain’t hay
Welcome to the cruel world
The world wide web
II. Kathmandu, Nepal
Free light of the day
The Living Goddess
The world wide web
Encounter under a digital firmament
Partial recall
III. Turkey, Iran
The road
The crew
In the shadow of enlightenment
Across the plains
The Blue Parrot
Paradise to the left, heaven to the right
The voices from the other side
Double talk
Check out time
IV. Nepal, Kathmandu
Maria
The master of Bhaktapur
The second skin
Rebirth
V. India
Welcome to India
The Sarovar
Arrival
Take me home
My god, the devil lives in Munich
Departure
Just passing through
VI. Kathmandu, Nepal
The Frenchman returns
Trick or treasure
Tape transcript
Prison tales
Love life
Book of revelations
Nima’s blues
What to do
In Kathmandu?
…And she is gone
VII. Nepal
The road - again
Nataraja
The kingdom in the sky
Bank scene
VIII. Nepal
Walk on guilded splinters
Broken bones
Tourist Baba
Head full of snow
True love is born from understanding
Om Mane Padme Hum
Marlowe
Finite
The big silence
The end
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Acknowledgments
About the Author