29 January 2008

A Coup For The Rich

A Coup For The Rich
A Coup For The Rich
Giles Ji Ungpakorn's book A Coup For The Rich: Thailand's Political Crisis, about the aftermath of the 2006 coup, has been banned by the Thai police. Thammasat University Bookstore, the only outlet brave enough to sell the book, has received a letter from the police to the effect that the book is being investigated for lese majeste (because it quotes one word ["pseudo-economics"] from The King Never Smiles) and must therefore be removed from sale.

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2 comments:

Dana said...

Has the ban helped the sales? Have you read the book? Banning books, movies or anything always make them that much more valued. Kind of like telling my teens they can NOT go somewhere or have something in particular.

By the way-happy belated birthday. The cake looked scrumptious!

Matthew Hunt said...

Hi Dana, yes I've read the book (via PDF). It had already sold out before it was banned, so the publicity didn't improve sales unfortunately. Thanks for the birthday wishes!