Coming Down Again

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Watermark

Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480401259

<b>Based on a true story: A magnificent portrayal of chaos, darkness, and adventure in Asia's Golden Triangle as the war wages in Vietnam</b><DIV></div><DIV></div><DIV>Adrift at the end of the Vietnam War, Paul Roberts and his girlfriend, Fay, are arrested at the Burmese-Thai border for smuggling a couple of ounces of hashish. Stranded in a small Thai prison, they become part of a grisly contest played out by opium warlords, corrupt border patrol police, and two AWOL GIs. The war echoes through their intrigues and jailbreak attempts, especially when a regiment of North Vietnamese joins the skirmish.<BR></div><DIV>Transcending the adventure story, John Balaban&rsquo;s lyric prose conjures beautiful and frightening images, evoking the Golden Triangle&rsquo;s jungle as well as the complex hazards of the opium trade.</div>