In 1986, after backpacking around Asia for over a year, Simon washes up in Bangkok. With cash running low, he takes a job teaching English to keep a frenetic lifestyle afloat in this, the dazzling nightclubbing capital of Asia.

From sublime to tawdry, these stringently observed vignettes of a unique time in a unique place, were originally published in various magazines and anthologies, then eventually released together.