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Authors: John Burdett
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John Burdett is the author of
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THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2010 by John Burdett
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Burdett, John.
The godfather of Kathmandu / by John Burdett.—1st ed.
p. cm.
“This is a Borzoi Book”—T.p. verso
eISBN: 978-0-307-27294-2
1. Sonchai Jitpleecheep (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Police—Thailand—Bangkok—Fiction. 3. Bangkok (Thailand)—Fiction. 4. Corruption—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6052.U617G63 2010
823′.914—dc 2009038459
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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