Sloan
Wolcott, an American expat in Bangkok, a part-time art dealer and smuggler
and a full-time rogue, comes into possession of a camera belonging to
a Japanese newspaper reporter killed in a suspicious car crash. Inside
the camera, he finds several images of the Lady, Aung San Suu Kyi, one
of her riding in an automobile with a bullet hole in the rear window
and one lone picture of a mysterious, seductive young woman with a singular
tattoo.
Praise
“Compelling
story lines . . . that come together in a gripping climax.”
—Newsweek
“Ambitious
and sadly beautiful book.”
—January Magazine
“Amusing
and illuminating . . . a narrative whose authenticity is never in
doubt, where global historical realities are seamlessly knit together
with a strong, unpretentious yarn.”
—Books in Canada
“In
addition to creating a convincing, entertaining narrator, Sloan, and
a story that engages the past and its images on several levels, Moore
crafts a tragic Myanmar landscape, mixing in-depth knowledge of the
place and its history with a compelling tale populated with characters
anyone would be glad to have as travel companions.”
—Asia Times (Online)
“A
charged atmosphere reminiscent of Peter Weir’s The Year of Living
Dangerously.”
—Vancouver Sun
“The
powerful sentiments stirred in [Waiting for the Lady] affirm that Asia
still boasts places where people's emotions are not swaddled in cotton.””
—The Japan Times
“Moore’s
knowledge of the region and his ability to convey it is best about
Waiting for the Lady.”
—Bernard Trink, Bangkok Post
“Christopher
G. Moore is an author who can conjure up a plausible story to keep you
reading his books till the last page. Waiting for the Lady is no exception
to this. A great read.”
—Reid Lang, Pattaya Mail