1 The Old Man 32 Arrival 133 Love Letters 234 Skint 315 Gainfull Employment 396 A Farewell Party 477 A Trip to the Airport 578 Apello 719 People of the Mountains 8310 Plastic 9311 Pattaya 10112 A Sacrifice 11113 In the North 12114 A Hard Place to Find 12915 On the Edge 14316 Travellers’ Tales 15117 Paranoia and the Backpacker Trail 16118 Riding the Naga 16919 By the River 17520 When in Rome 18721 A Family Affair 20122 One Last Chance 20723 The Brothel 21324 A Meeting ‘In Camera’ 22325 A Night Off 22926 Chok dee 23927 The Swallow 24728 The Cockpit 25529 The Monkey House 261Despite its many legitimate attractions Thailand and in particular its capital Bangkok has a notorious reputation as a place where drugs, prostitution and organised crime are a way of life.

'A Field of Virgins' guides the reader through a pitiless environment where relationships can develop between individuals from the criminal classes of any given nation on the planet. These are the people traffickers, sex tourists, drug dealers, users and smugglers all bent on indulging themselves to the full in their addictions and desires.

Often the victims of rampant criminality vulnerable girls and women are forced to fight to survive and to try to save themselves and each other from being used and abused by the brothel owners, pimping Go-Go bars, predatory clients and even their own often poverty stricken families. This is the story of one such fight and of the people, both innocent and guilty, involved in it.

Notwithstanding the desperate circumstances depicted in 'A Field of Virgins' the book is written in a fluent colourful prose which describes a host of dysfunctional characters. With a vibrant sense of humour it encapsulates both the tragedy and the uncanny beauty of the country and of what the reader can expect to find in the Kingdom of Thailand.Een échte thriller van een insider. Als journalist in Thailand kwam Ian Devey als geen ander in aanraking met de donkere zijde van het prachtige Thailand. In A Field of Virgins geeft hij u een rauwe blik op de misdaad en mensenhandel die deze zonovergoten vakantiebestemming tekenen.