Drug-induced Paranoia on the Mean Streets of Hong Kong
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Read MoreLife with the Triads
Author Chris Thrall The secrets of Hong Kong’s underworld are revealed in the soon-to-be-released Eating Smoke. Hannah Slapper speaks to author Chris Thrall to separate fact from fiction In 1995, UK-born Royal Marine Chris Thrall came to Hong Kong to make his fortune. Once here, his business went bankrupt, and a series of unsuccessful jobs […]
Read MoreEating Smoke: One Man’s Decent into Drug Psychosis in Hong Kong’s Triad Heartland – the Maverick House Book Trailer
“Chris Thrall left the Royal Marines to find fortune in Hong Kong, but following a bizarre series of jobs ended up homeless and in psychosis from crystal meth. He began working for the 14K, a notorious crime syndicate, as a nightclub doorman in the Wan Chai red-light district, where he uncovered a vast global conspiracy […]
Read MoreMaverick House Acquires Rights to Eating Smoke
Maverick House has bought the Irish, British, Australian, New Zealand and South African rights to Eating Smoke by Chris Thrall from Hong Kong based Blacksmith Books, an independent English language publisher owned by Pete Spurrier. “Chris Thrall left the Royal Marines to find fortune in Hong Kong, but instead found himself homeless, hooked on crystal […]
Read MoreThe All-time Hong Kong Tale
King Hui: The Man Who Owned All the Opium in Hong Kong Jonathan Chamberlain has done history a great favour; filling in what for many a keen observer is a void in Hong Kong’s not-so-distant past. In KING HUI, he preserves from the sands of time a story like no other; one that weaves its […]
Read MoreWhen a Pixel Portrays a Hundred Thousand Words
Here’s my amazon review for Tom Carter’s incredible photo book on China When a Pixel Portrays a Hundred Thousand Words A picture painted a thousand words. That was before Tom Carter started taking them. Now, it seems, a pixel portrays a hundred thousand – and that’s for those of us with limited imagination! I first […]
Read MoreEating Smoke: One Man’s Decent into Drug Psychosis in Hong Kong’s Triad Heartland – a crystal meth addiction memoir
“Chris Thrall left the Royal Marines to find fortune in Hong Kong. Sacked from a bizarre series of jobs, he found himself homeless, hooked on crystal meth and working for the 14K, Hong Kong’s largest crime family, as a doorman in the Wanchai red-light district. Dealing with violence, psychosis and the ‘Foreign Triad’ – a […]
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