Books: Finding a 'wonderland' in Thailand's capital

Fun and orderliness in Alex Kerr's 'Another Bangkok: Reflections on the City'

In "Another Bangkok," author Alex Kerr presents the city neither as an object of academic study nor a source of tourist delight, but as a very personal experience. (Nikkei montage; source photos courtesy of Penguin Random House)

CHRIS BAKER, Contributing writer

July 29, 2022 08:00 JST

In 1997, American writer Alex Kerr moved from Kyoto, Japan, to Bangkok. He had spent part of his childhood and much of his adult life in Japan, and carved out a niche as a cultural entrepreneur and interpreter of Japan to the West.