{"product_id":"9781916732407-behind-the-scenes","title":"Crime and Suffering (Behind the Scenes Book 1)","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first of a four-book series about the criminality under-pinning many areas of society across South East Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind the Scenes:Crime and Suffering\u003c\/i\u003eis the first of a four-book, fact\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ebased-suspense novelseries which exposes the criminal exploitation of the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epeople behind the facadeof many of the tourist paradises in Southeast Asia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe books describe howthe poor in Myanmar, Thailand and Laos do their\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ebest to survive, oftenby growing opium, smuggling weapons and selling their\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003edaughters to brothels,sometimes before they are even born. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plight of thesepeople is made more complicated because this criminality\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eis often sanctioned byofficial organisations in existence to protect them, not\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eto take advantage ofthem. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrime and Suffering\u003c\/i\u003e begins the series focusing on onepoor family from a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esmall village in Laosduring a time of increasing drama in the aftermath of the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVietnam War: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Grandfather Songchaiand his efforts to smuggle a transport of hidden arms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eto buyers in west Africawith the help of old friends and family members. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Lu, hisdaughter-in-law, helps two Americans, Will and Frank, who seek the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eremains of US soldierslost in the War which means fatal consequences. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Prim, Lu's daughter,and her antics with teenage friends Lek and Moa who\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eend up on a frighteningpath heading towards the bars of the sex trade. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe characters' fatesare interweaved in a colourful and harsh narrative that\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003emoves toward itsresolution as relentlessly as the mighty Mekong River flows\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eforth. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe series is inspiredby real people and based on real life stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53520301130102,"sku":"9781916732407","price":13.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31454957.jpg?v=1732727067","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781916732407-behind-the-scenes","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}