Bangkok Hard Time
The Surreal True Story of How a WesternTeenager Came of Age in 1960s Bangkok, Turned International Drug Smuggler and Walked the Prison Yards of Thailand’s Notorious Bangkok Hilton
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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- $12.99
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Publisher Description
It is 1967 Bangkok and teenager Jon Cole, son of a US Green Beret colonel serving in Vietnam, is coming of age in Thailand. Drawn to the underbelly of Bangkok by GIs on R&R from Vietnam, the army brat soon discovers ganja and opium, which leads to a career as an international drug smuggler and jail time inside Bangkok’s notorious prison, the “Bangkok Hilton”. A memoir of an American smuggler spanning four decades
Customer Reviews
Bangkok Hard Times
Before taking your children to live in this beautiful country, read this account of a fellow classmate! Bangkok can be a wonderful place and also a place for a child to easily be swept into the illegal world of drugs and sex if not carefully watched and supervised. Jon's accounting of his experience in Thailand will wake your eyes up quickly.