{"product_id":"the-second-poison-isbn-9781912049561","title":"The Second Poison","description":"\u003ci\u003eFor decades, Thailand has been a hub for firms selling bogus shares to US and European nationals through high-pressure overseas telesales. Hundreds of foreigners, including cash-strapped backpackers and sexpats, work in Bangkok ‘boiler rooms’ cold-calling fellow westerners and defrauding them out of tens of millions of dollars a year.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Tony, a former US Army interrogator, travels to Thailand to track down those responsible for ripping off his father in a boiler room telesales scam, he soon finds himself embroiled in the murky underworld of illegal kickboxing gambling, money laundering, sex work and digital crime. \u003ci\u003eThe Second Poison\u003c\/i\u003e explores hatred, revenge and redemption in Bangkok, Pattaya and Udon Thani from a number of perspectives: the hardened \u003ci\u003efarang\u003c\/i\u003e (Caucasian) army veteran; the compassionate Thai girl born a boy, who once murdered her sister’s rapists; the godfather of a Hong Kong gambling syndicate and the Thai cop who turns a blind eye to crimes of passion … their stories intertwining throughout the book. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Buddhism greed, hatred and delusion are known as The Three Poisons. The most destructive of these three is hatred: The Second Poison. ","brand":"Dollarbird","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48684204818661,"sku":"NP9781912049561","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-second-poison-isbn-9781912049561","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}