Jasmine Nights

Jasmine Nights

Jasmine Nights by S. P. Somtow. A Quirky Bangkok Novel by the J. D. Salinger of Siam<br /><br />At twelve years old, Little Frog has a richly fantastic and sustaining inner life. It is 1963, his parents have disappeared, and he lives with his maiden aunts, known affectionately as the Three Fates, on a family estate in Bangkok. But, fed by a steam of books and accompanied by his pet chameleon, Little Frog refuses to accept that he is Thai; eats English food; speaks only English; and answers to the name Justin.<br /><br />Into Justin's eclectically fashioned, whirling fantasy world steps Virgil, a black American boy, and together they embark on a glorious spree of magic and growing up, in which sex, adult confusions, comedy, farce, politics, and the voices of the East and West are fused into a voyage of exhilarating discovery.<br /><br />"Intelligent, energetic, humane, engaging, humorous, delicate, and beautiful." Louis de Bernieres.<br /><br />"[A] vibrant coming-of-age novel." The Sunday Times<br /><br />"Charming, elegant, and funny ... a novel like no other and a joy to read." Cosmopolitan<br /><br />"Entertaining, irresistible, gleefully absurd. How encouraging that a literary novel can be so much fun." The Washington Post<br /><br />"The J. D. Salinger of Siam." George Axelrod<br /><br />"Fragrant and very funny ... like childhood, one finds that Jasmine Nights is hard to leave behind." The Guardian