The Glass Kingdom

Set in a luxury high rise in Bangkok, a brilliantly unsettling story of civil and psychological unrest—from the author of Beautiful Animals and Bangkok Days.Escaping New York for the anonymity of Bangkok, Sarah Mullins arrives in Thailand with a suitcase of money and a deception she holds close to her chest. Her plan is to lie low and map out her next move in a high-end apartment complex called the Kingdom, whose glass-fronted façade boasts views of the bustling city and glimpses into the vast honeycomb of lives within. It is not long before she meets the alluring Mali, doing laps in the apartment pool, a half-Thai tenant determined to bring the quiet American out of her shell. An invitation to her weekly poker nights soon follows where - fueled by shots of yadong, good food and gossip - Sarah falls into step with the Kingdom's glamorous circle of ex-pat women.But as political chaos erupts on the...