Farang

Dr Iain Corness fell in love with Thailand on a holiday in 1975, and finally managed to move there permanently in 1997. As a settled farang, or foreigner, he enjoys a unique perspective on Thai life and all its eccentricities; looking in from the outside while also getting to see the things most foreigners don’t.

His stories and anecdotes are full of the joys of life, and celebrate this exotic and exciting land in all its glory with painfully funny observations. From a date with a fortune teller to tales of a reincarnated squid, Corness revels in the chaos and charm of ‘the only country where you can be run over by a shop.’

This is a book to be enjoyed by tourists and Thais alike.


About the author

Dr. Iain Corness, born in Ireland, then living in Scotland and finally Australia, first visited Thailand in 1975 and was captivated by it. In 1997 he made the final decision and arrived with no return ticket and has made his own niche in Pattaya, where he is a consultant to the largest private hospital in the region and keeps a small office in town from which he writes for the Pattaya Mail and several magazines. He is married to a Thai lady and now has a young Thai family of one daughter and a son. His follow-up book Farang: the Sequel, was a bestseller.