Product Description

TIME magazine hailed its interviews, documentation and investigative journalism as "...an intimate portrait..." of Bangkok's West-meets-East sex industry and added, "Does love conquer poverty, cultural barriers and the fear of AIDS? Sometimes..."

Fr eastern Economic Review magazine said it uncovered a "Freudian whirlpool of sexual fantasies and frustration, of damaged egos and haunting super-egos, of dreams of pure love and acts of cold calculation, and a milieu of cross-cultural mayhem."

The newest Lonely Planet Guide to Thailand, and the newest Lonely Planet Guide to Bangkok, both recommend this book in their "Culture and Society" section.

Researched in Bangkok and now published in San Francisco, this documentary book contains verbatim love letters written by American, European and other foreign men, plus extensive "Q and A" interviews iwht Thai bar girls, foreign and local bar owners, and others involved in Bangkok's commercial sex industry.

The 252 pages are illustrated with 25 color photographs.

This book is also recommended as a university textbook for teachers and students in classes focusing on Women, Travel, Society, Third World issues and related topics.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #915271 in Books
• Published on: 2001-02-06
• Released on: 2001-02-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 252 pages

From the Publisher
"Hello My Big Big Honey!" is a never before told expose of the love lives of Bangkok's bar girls and the foreigners who rent them -- confessed in their own words.

A collection of love letters from all over the world, to ladies of the night working in bars on Bangkok's famous Patpong Road. Plus revealing, in-depth interviews with the women who receive them.

Why are some men obsessed with Thai prostitutes? Can money buy true love? How does romance blossom amid the harsh streets? Do bar girls marry their customers?

"Hello My Big Big Honey!" delves beyond the neon, glitz, hype and tragedy of Bangkok's red-lit nights and discovers a world of loneliness, desperation and -- sometimes -- love.

From the Author
Hello My Big Big Honey, Love Letters to Bangkok Bar Girls and their Revealing Interviews, is a work of nonfiction. This TIME reviewed book contains graphic adult language and descriptions of the often romantic relationships that develop between foreign customers and the bar workers in Bangkok's notorious red light bar districts, through real love letters and revealing interviews with the sex workers. Hello My Big Big Honey will give the reader a fresh and unique perspective on Bangkok's "daughter's of the game" and the customers who fall in love with them.

Dave Walker

About the Author
Richard S. Ehrlich is from San Francisco, California, and first journeyed to Asia in 1972.

Reporting news from across Asia since 1978, his bases have included Hong Kong, New Delhi and now Bangkok.

His coverage has focused on the guerrilla wars in Afghanistan, Kashmir, Punjab, Sri Lanka and Cambodia, as well as the region's cultures and other events.

He received his Master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and won their 1978 Foreign Correspondents Award.

Dave Walker was born in Edmonton, Canada, and served in the British army in West Germany and Northern Ireland before becoming director of an international detective agency.

He is currently a movie script writer, television, and documentary researcher, and newsman in Thailand and Canada.

He speaks Thai and some Khmer, and is working on several film projects involving Asian themes.

Dave Walker divides his residence between BGangkok, where he has lived for the past 10 years, and Toronto.