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Patpong Sisters: An American Woman's View of the Bangkok Sex World

Patpong, in the heart of Bangkok, teems with bars and sex shows, catering mainly tofarangs- foreigners. Cleo Odzer, a young anthropologist, spent three years studying the area. Gaining the confidence of the bar girls and bar boys, she interviewed them at length, lived among them, accompanied several back to their families in remote villages. She also got to know their customers, those in for a night or in forever (many fell in love and stayed on in Patpong). From Odzer's account emerges a far different picture from the cliched image of the prostitute. Many of the Patpong girls, smart and enterprising, use their profession for self-liberation and to support their impoverished families back home. Warm and personal,Patpong Sistersreveals the truth about the $4 billion Bangkok economy of sex.Read more

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