Book cut out the middleman book

Nick Adamson only planned on being in Thailand for a week But a week later he is running a beach bar selling drugs to tourists falling out with the police falling in love with a hot blonde and dueling with an out of control drug lord Cut Out the Middleman follows Nick s descent into the illicit underworld of beach life and the dysfunctional characters who operate beneath the thin veneer of paradise islands Cut Out the MiddlemanNick finds himself in a new world A world where police sniffer dogs nuzzle your crutch and men dressed as women sit at bars and try to entice the unaware into their worlds A world of beautiful beaches sunsets pert semi naked Swedish backpackers and endless endless herbal cigarettes Welcome to the Southern beaches and islands of Thailand A world that Alex Garland put on the map with his novel The Beach After that book and then that film millions of Westerners mostly young dumb and full of cum came in search of their own piece of paradise This is exactly what our protagonist does yet what he finds is the hard edged criminal side of the coin He becomes entangled with a mafia gang and then the fun really startsWhy only four stars Some dialogue not central to the plot some plot diversions that needn t be taken to tell the story Nevertheless Cut out the Middleman is a great beach read and I can t wait for the next novel by John Daysh 378