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Bangkok stands out as a place of extraordinary allure. Beginning as a floating city in a lush tropical setting, known to foreigners as the Venice of the East, centuries later, its majestic Grand Palace and glittering Buddhist temples would compete for the horizon with Western chimneystacks.The book features amphibious life; houseboats, junks and shacks; boat poems; the original Siamese twins; traditional Thai homes; a stream of poison; the Oriental Hotel. It is a city of immigrants and foreigners - Chinatown; Brahminic rituals and Hindu shrines; missionaries and merchants; Joseph Conrad and Somerset Maugham; Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut; Italian architects and artists; the American Silk King; Thai cuisine.
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