Waiting for the Lady Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been a diehard fan of Chris Moore since 1992 and that love never dies, particularly when you have the intellectual pleasure of reading something as striking as Waiting for the Lay. I think that even though it's not quite the same as a Vinnie Calvino PI novel or the Smiles trilogy, it's still one of his best books.
I've also never encountered one of Chris' novels where the story is done in first-person narrative but in this case, it works quite well as far as I'm concerned.
I have to admit that Patricia Naylor's commentary wasn't too pleasing because I think in many ways, she missed the entire point of the main character being the way he is. Is he a questionable, none-too-successful American expat living in Bangkok who might not necessarily be your best friend? Of course he is but that's what I think helps to make this tale unfold so beautifully--he's a hero who isn't and the time in Burma matures him greatly. No, he's no Vinnie Calvino or the expats living at the Thermae but that's half the appeal, liking a man you normally wouldn't like.
Then too, I guess Patricia must have seen a different Burma than what I encounter in Tachilek every time I do a visa run from Chiang Mai. Yes, indeed, the Burmese people are beautiful people who do their best to be open with you but I think Patricia has missed the grim reality that Burma is one of the most repressive hellholes on the planet and this is through the direction of such organizations as SLORC which cheerfully torture, rape, imprison, kill or use "inferiors" to step ahead of the army troops to "find" landmines along the borderlines and within the Golden Triangle. That's the Burma I know and I honestly feel Chris has covered it as truthfully as he can while still staying within the parameters of the story itself.
It's because of his skills that you get the story that hooks you on Page 1 and carries you through to the end. I reccomend this book to anyone who wants a revealing glimpse into Burma (it shall never be Myanmar to me unless Aung San Su Kyi wishes that herself as the legally-elected ruler of this country) as well as characterizations that may upset you but I promise will never bore you.

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Waiting for the Lady is a vivid novel of political and personal intrigue that draws on the rough and tumble of Burmese history and the author's fabled knowledge of the region. It is full of passion and heartache, laced with an intimate understanding of Southeast Asia's human and physical geography.

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