Gecko Tails: A Journey Through Cambodia - Hardcover
After almost 25 years of war and destruction, UN-sponsored elections brought democracy and thirty thousand foreigners to Cambodia. English photographers, Thai racketeers, Filipina bar girls, American missionaries, Irish journalists, Australian travellers and military men descended on the country best known for the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge. The politics could be deadly, but the booze was plentiful, the marijuana cheap, and Cambodians friendly and yearning for peace. But when the UN left, the Khmer Rouge remained. Slowly the fears that circumscribe Cambodian lives crept into the foreigners' days. When friends were mysteriously kidnapped, the party ended in ways no one had ever expected.
The first travel book devoted solely to Cambodia in forty years, Gecko Tails is an hilarious yet moving account of the supposedly glamorous world of the foreign correspondent. In the tradition of Hunter S. Thompson and P.J. O'Rourke, Carol Livingston captures the comedy of chasing the news for a living and shows a keen eye for situations weird and quirky. She tells with sensitivity many colourful stories of those Cambodians who never make the headlines but merely suffer through them, and with political insight unravels the complicated and tragic recent past of this enigmatic land.
The first travel book devoted solely to Cambodia in forty years, Gecko Tails is an hilarious yet moving account of the supposedly glamorous world of the foreign correspondent. In the tradition of Hunter S. Thompson and P.J. O'Rourke, Carol Livingston captures the comedy of chasing the news for a living and shows a keen eye for situations weird and quirky. She tells with sensitivity many colourful stories of those Cambodians who never make the headlines but merely suffer through them, and with political insight unravels the complicated and tragic recent past of this enigmatic land.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Jostein Gaarder is the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, a huge bestseller in over 40 countries. He was born in Oslo in 1952 and lives there now with his wife and two sons.
From Library Journal:
In 1991, the Paris Peace Agreements ended military conflict and mandated democratic elections in Cambodia. The author, an aspiring journalist, arrived when the country was provisionally governed by the United Nations Temporary Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), which monitored the 1993 elections. Her intention is to chronicle the impact of foreigners (the UN mission, aid workers, journalists, photographers, etc.) before and after the election. Livingston's social locus is the Gecko, a bar named after a small lizard. Her recorded conversations with feckless UNTAC workers and self-serving freelancers pursuing feature and photo opportunities are uninstructive and ineffectual to her purpose. Furthermore, when she makes day or overnight excursions from Phnom Penh to the Cambodian countryside (qualifying as "a journey through Cambodia"), she extrapolates little significant political or cultural insight. Not recommended.?Lonnie Weatherby, McGill Univ. Lib., Montreal
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 029781530X
- ISBN 13 9780297815303
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages262
- Rating
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Gecko Tails : A Journey Through Cambodia
Published by
Orion Publishing Group, Limited
(1997)
ISBN 10: 029781530X
ISBN 13: 9780297815303
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP9808488
Buy Used
US$ 4.00
Convert currency
Stock Image
Gecko Tails. A Journey Through Cambodia
Published by
Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
(1996)
ISBN 10: 029781530X
ISBN 13: 9780297815303
Used
Paperback
Quantity: 2
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR004798569
Buy Used
US$ 1.91
Convert currency
Stock Image
Gecko Tails. A Journey Through Cambodia
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Library Binding. Condition: Very Good. Gecko Tails. A Journey Through Cambodia This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9780297815303
Buy Used
US$ 4.59
Convert currency
Seller Image
Gecko Tails. A Journey Through Cambodia
Published by
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
(1996)
ISBN 10: 029781530X
ISBN 13: 9780297815303
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Seller Inventory # wbs4523463800
Buy Used
US$ 1.70
Convert currency
Stock Image
Gecko Tails. A Journey Through Cambodia
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Library Binding. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 6545-9780297815303
Buy Used
US$ 4.59
Convert currency
Stock Image
Gecko Tails: A Journey Through Cambodia
Published by
Weidenfield & Nicholson, London
(1996)
ISBN 10: 029781530X
ISBN 13: 9780297815303
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; Small tear on bottom edge of back d/j, indentation on bottom edge of boards and text block. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 14183
Buy Used
US$ 8.99
Convert currency
Stock Image
Gecko Tails. A Journey Through Cambodia
Published by
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
(1996)
ISBN 10: 029781530X
ISBN 13: 9780297815303
Used
Hardcover
Signed
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description hardcover. Condition: Fine. Signed. Signed by author. Unread and like new. Pages lightly tanned. Seller Inventory # mon0000003998
Buy Used
US$ 1.98
Convert currency
Stock Image
Gecko Tails: A Journey Through Cambodia
Published by
Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
(1996)
ISBN 10: 029781530X
ISBN 13: 9780297815303
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. travel book. Seller Inventory # 002156
Buy Used
US$ 7.20
Convert currency
Stock Image
Gecko Tails. A Journey Through Cambodia
Published by
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London
(1996)
ISBN 10: 029781530X
ISBN 13: 9780297815303
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Mint. First Edition. GECKO TAILS A Journey Through Cambodia. Carol Livingston. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. 1996 First edition ISBN 029781530X 262pp Hardback. This fine unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in mint condition. Following the end of the regime of the Khmer Rouge, foreigners flooded into Cambodia to enjoy what became one huge party. This book captures the hilarity of the foreigner abroad and tells the stories of the Cambodians who never make the headlines, but instead, suffer through them. Ref DD6. Seller Inventory # 013714
Buy Used
US$ 16.37
Convert currency
Stock Image
Gecko Tails: A Journey Through Cambodia
Published by
Weidenfeld And Nicolson, London
(1996)
ISBN 10: 029781530X
ISBN 13: 9780297815303
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 262 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. Seller Inventory # 153754
Buy Used
US$ 14.15
Convert currency