Second in the Land of Smiles Trilogy
ISBN 978-616-7503-46-2
Paperback (B format)
2025, 350 pages
A Bewitching Smile constructs a Thai version of Shangri-la with its epiphanies and perils. The tough-sensitive characterizations, along with the sharp, often aphoristic dialogue, and the irony, combine into a powerful drama.
Richard Breach, a magician, mystic, and world-class card player, works as a teacher in Bangkok. Crosby, his former student, has found an assignment suitable for Breach's talent. To engage him in a rescue mission. Snow is held hostage in a hill tribe village. Snow's plan to become Lahu godman has failed and his life is at risk.
As the journey progresses to the north of Thailand, Breach finds himself in a high-stakes card game. Enter the Thai world of magic, myth, and the power to transform the self.
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Praise
“Moore’s novels are breaking new ground in fictional writing about Thailand. . . . He writes with gentle humor and a sensitive understanding of what it is to be lost.”
—The Nation