A book: Once upon a time in the East - Hot and sticky yarns from rural Siam

[baldrick]

page 116

cheese sandwich my strike you as odd

and my work here is done

[Smug Farang Bore]

^.....n I thought you could read Welsh.

[Davis Knowlton]

Just delivered to my Kindle by Amazon-US. A bargain at $4.99.

[Smug Farang Bore]

^ if nothing else Davis, you can print out the pics for the wife and she can put them on the kitchen wall....

Cheers...

[bobo746]

Good work boys,but i am already here sooo.
Good luck heads up.

[somtamslap]

Just delivered to my Kindle by Amazon-US.

Davis - Hurrah!!

but i am already here sooo.

Harroo!

[somtamslap]

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I'd venture that the perfect evening, afternoon or indeed morning, comprises an ice cold bottle of suds or 12, a large pack of pork scratchings and a tome containing highly quaffable pages of contemporary Southeast Asia based literature. So I've heard anyway...

[kingwilly]

Just delivered to my Kindle by Amazon-US. A bargain at $4.99.

Bugger, that'll teach me to rush out and buy the pdf version as soon as it was available instead of waiting for the kindle version!

[Gravesend Dave]

All the best with it slap and Smug hope its the first of many for you!

Sure to be a big market for this kind of thing.

Never been a great book man but the last I read was Ride the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux.

I'm a boring cnut really but that's the sort of thing I like,sorry boys I wont be getting a copy

[barrylad66]

thoroughly enjoyed it looking forward to more of the same please.

[Smug Farang Bore]

^after seeing that smake in your last thread you'll have enough material for your own book there barry...

[somtamslap]

Cheer Bazzer, obliged mate.

^^^ Cheers up there, Dave.

Wednesday. Practically the weekend already. Celebrate this momentous time continuum event by purchasing a swash-buckling works of non fictitious southeast Asian wanton debauchery... sort of...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Once-Upon-Ti...g_bs_279537_20

[Bettyboo]

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That's pretty decent service. I will try again, if no go then I'll Amazon it to me Kindle (wish I'd known about that option earlier..._

[Bettyboo]

OK, I'm all Kindled up...

The tiny sum of three pounds and tuppence...

[Shy Guava]

Just delivered to my Kindle by Amazon-US. A bargain at $4.99.

Pricks! They charged me $6.99 - that's what I get for being an impetuous youth.

[Bettyboo]

They charged me $6.99

I got quoted $5.14 on the US site, but then they redirected me to Amazon UK and charged $5.18

[Davis Knowlton]

At $4.99, mine's cheapest so far. Maybe I get a senior citizen discount they neglected to tell me about....

[Bettyboo]

At $4.99, mine's cheapest so far.

You're closer to the US than we are, so the line rental for microwaving down the enrons is just a bit cheaper...

[blue]

Once Upon a Time in the East: Hot and Sticky Yarns from Rural Siam eBook: Steven Edwards, Martin Coveney: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

All the felicitation, laudation, and hearty back patting here from the teakdoor literati,
but:

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I cannot do one yet as
I'm waiting for the audio book , but what will somtamslap sound like ?
Richard Burton ? David Attenborough ? Michael Caine? Prince Charles? Frank Spencer?

[snakeeyes]

^
Omar Sharif

[Dillinger]

At $4.99, mine's cheapest so far.

Nope, got mine for $4.74.
Books Mango knock 5% off if you share it socially. Don't tell Slap, but I used Google+, I never even use the thing

[baldrick]

But without giving any spoilers or revealing plot twists

bah , I think I will let all the prospective buyers know that he shags the cat and then gets locked up in a turkish prison

[Smug Farang Bore]

He's BBC English with a whole truck full of Fucks thrown in...

[somtamslap]

OK, I'm all Kindled up...

Top hole, Betsy. One love, homeboy.

that's what I get for being an impetuous youth.

But we appreciate it - thanks!

At $4.99, mine's cheapest so far

Hope you're getting yer dough's worth, Davis.

I cannot do one yet as

If you put your mind to it you could. Come on Blue...the world of kindle awaits you. Saying that, I'm warming to your audio book idea.

Nope, got mine for $4.74.

What's that, half a Breezer? Proper bargain there, Boll.

[somtamslap]

bah , I think I will let all the prospective buyers know that he shags the cat

Talk about a spoiler. Poor form Balders!