Private Dancer by Stephen Leather (PDF)

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I don’t know if it was love at first sight, but it was pretty close. She had the longest hair I’d ever seen, jet black and almost down to her waist. She had soft brown eyes that made my heart melt, long legs that just wouldn’t quit and a figure to die for. She was naked except for a pair of black leather ankle boots with small chrome chains on the side. I think it was the boots that did it for me.’

Thailand 1996. The Year Of The Rat. Pete, a young travel writer, wanders into a Bangkok go-go bar and meets the love of his life. Joy is the girl of his dreams, young, stunningly pretty, and one of the Zombie Bar’s top earning pole dancers.

What follows is a roller-coaster ride of sex, drugs and deception, as Pete discovers that his very own private dancer is not all that she claims to be. And that far from being the girl of his dreams, Joy is his own personal nightmare.

‘The best book regarding the relationships with bar girls that you can ever read. This should be compulsory reading for all first-timers to Thailand. Buy one for your friends’ – Pattaya Mail.

Stephen Leather is one of the UK’s most successful thriller writers. Before becoming a novelist he was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London’s Burning, The Knock and the BBC’s Murder in Mind series.

User’s Reviews

Review The best book regarding relationships with bargirls that you can ever read. This should be compulsory reading for all first-timers to Thailand. — Pattaya MailBecause of all of its local wisdom, Private Dancer ought to be made available to every tourist at port of entry. — Bernard Trink, Bangkok Post –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ Effective, dead-on-the-money portrayal of a very common problem with farangs traveling to Thailand for ‘romance’ or those living there who become caught up in the nightlife who think they have found romance. Things are never what they seem for them. Unfortunately many of the forewarned feel they are the exception and descend the path to disaster regardless. Mr. Leathers wrote this book as a cautionary tale. He supplemented his own knowledge with that of knowledgeable expat friends who’ve seen a thing or two and who have lived there for a long time. This work of fiction does not exaggerate.

⭐ I normally don’t bother to review anything but this book was amaing. Coudln’t put it down. Finished in one sitting and ended up staying up way to late when I had to work the next morning because I knew I had to finish it right then. Over a week later and I am still thinking about it. I re-read half of it today when I still have other unread books waiting.The only thing I can add to this is you need to either have been to Thailand and the GoGo bars or have a good understanding of it. I saw a review talking down the repetitive sayings from the main female “Joy”. If you have been in a Thai bar then you know this is written exactly how it is over there. She will love you on the first night and if she thinks you want to hear it you will be her one and only true love no s***. Repeat every night she can get you to come barfine her. So expect that to be in the book.I do not agree with this being required reading before your first trip to Thailand though, this book will really skew your perspective and take some of the fun out of you cherry trip.

⭐ Couldn’t put the book down. Whether you are a Thailand newbie, regular, or couldn’t care less about Thailand, this book is a fun engaging read that delves into the social circles of Bangkok’s Nana Plaza, it’s prostitutes, sex tourists, and expats.It reminds us that bargirls are people, usually sensitive girls in over their heads, and that men everywhere are ruled by the same primitive emotions and ego even if time spent with a beautiful young girl comes cheap. I found myself rooting for different characters throughout the book as their story lines evolved. The ending the story built up to succeeded in drawing the story to a close in a realistic, but emotional way.

⭐ Enthralling story that captures Bangkok farang and prostitute life very well. Cool concept where a different character serves as narrator for each chapter.It’s even very repetitive but ultimately I didn’t mind. An edge of your seat thriller and not a formulaic crime story. A must have for men interested in Bangkok/Thailand night life. The best fiction I’ve found on the subject (and there’s lots of it).

⭐ Good start, but I really struggled to finish. Repetitive. Really repetitive. Really, really repetitive! Generalities that may be accurate become absolutist dogma. Vague, muddled ending followed by a specious epilogue. One wonders if there is not a personal dull axe motivating the author to grind on.

⭐ I read this while I was living in Thailand, and after I had gotten to know may of the people who would be similar to the characters of this book. I had heard some of the same stories, but the book laid it out pretty clear how the bar scene works – especially in Bangkok. Having been to a few of the places named in the book made it more realistic for me. It is a sad and at the same time hopeful story of the sub-culture of Thailand. Many of the bar girls I met were nice and did not seem to have the same pressure as some of those in the book, but then we were in a different part of the country.

⭐ Pretty much dead on with what happens to westerners when they arrive Thailand. I have a Thai girlfriend and the 9 lessons at the end are spot on. However, while this book takes place in Thailand, it could easily be any country with a poor economy. Just don’t be like “Pete”.

⭐ Very well written. Excellent story. Interesting characters. A real look at Thailand – Land of Smiles. Highly recommended. Will check out his other books.

⭐ i have not read such an eye-opening book in some time, and it is an absolute steal at the amazingly-low price of around $2.00!! This is a very well-written narrative and like the above-mentioned Laclos novel, told in epistolary style. It is painstaking in it’s depiction of the various relationships that develop between some of the western-bred men who visit and live in Thailand, and the young women who dance in the clubs. I could not turn my Kindle off once I started reading the fascinating and tragic story of Pete and Joy. Many of the entries are so personal they seem torn from a diary.The men who visit Thailand are often sex tourists. For the most part, the bar-girls are from small villages where extreme poverty is not unusual. Thus, when these young women are promised thousands of baht for an evening of dancing in a club, they jump at the opportunity. They are often un-educated by western standards), BUT are not lacking in smarts, as this book makes abundantly clear. Exploitation, at least in this gripping story, is a two-way street. The author is masterful at highlighting the various ways the two cultures clash. If you read nothing else in this book, then at least take a look at the “9 rules” provided by the detective who investigates Joy and Sunan…..five stars, highly recommend!

⭐ Please note that this review comes with the Kindle edition, so some of the parts about formatting and such could be because of that.I don’t remember why this book caught my eye, but I make it a habit every week or two to go find some inexpensive books I can get on the Kindle. I check different things, click around on suggestions and at some point get some really out-there picks. This was one of them.After reading the description and some of the reviews, I thought it sounded interesting. Though I don’t plan on visiting Thailand, it’s quite interesting to be able to look into another culture — or sub-culture — and what it can do to people. The book was quite an interesting read, though at times could get a bit confusing with the voices of so many different characters. I think the way of writing it could work, but there are times when small characters returned and I really had to strain to remember who the heck that character was and why he/she was important to the book.The plot line was good. It kept me interested and I liked the idea of someone becoming infatuated with someone that they really couldn’t ever “be with.” The development of the main characters was good, though — again — some of the sub-characters were just in there.The build-up was good and though I could see the direction the book was going to end, I thought it was a bit anti-climactic and seemed a little rushed.As for the formatting I spoke about at first, some things seemed to be in wrong spots, punctuation was sometimes in the middle of a spot it shouldn’t be in and there were slight grammar issues at times. But I’ve learned that sometimes the Kindle books can have some issues with that, so I don’t always worry.In the end, it was very much worth the $2.99 I paid for the book and it was a good read into another culture and lifestyle.

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