Book description
Phnom Penh is a city of beauty and degradation, tranquillity and violence, and tradition and transformation; a city of temples and brothels, music and gunfire, and festivals and coups.
But for many, it is simply an anarchic celebration of insanity and indulgence. Whether it is the $2 wooden shack brothels,…
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1 author picked Off the Rails in Phnom Penh as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Even though it’s about a neighboring country, and I think we even met when we were both living abroad, Amit’s experience of Cambodia in the 1990s couldn’t have been more different from my experience of Laos. He focuses on the excesses of expat life in the capital city; for better or for worse, it makes for a great read.
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