The handmade suit I’ll never wear
Someone somewhere must surely have calculated that Bangkok has more doctors and tailors per capita than anywhere on Earth. These…
Letter from Thailand
Many of my friends, stranded by the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes, have temporarily given up their film projects and…
The strange inspiration of the Gobi desert
The first time I went to Mongolia was in 2014, when I travelled across the country with the actress Michelle…
The argument that found its way into The Forgiven
I moved to Bangkok ten years ago in order to be in a place where nothing happens, where no one…
It’s getting harder to laugh off the idea of UFOs
UFOs are no longer a joke
How Korean cinema mastered the art of horror
The triumph of Korean cinema
Bangkok’s unravelling was easy to see coming
Three years ago I sat down to write a novel set in my adopted home city. Placing its claustrophobic action…
Shirtmaker Simone Abbarchi
The Premio Rezzori literary prize — held every May in Florence — is named after the Austrian writer Gregor von…
