Claude Renaud
Author
Language
English
Description
A compelling love-story and coming-of-age thriller set in 1960s Cambodia, against the background of the Vietnam War and Soviet-era espionage. Cambodia, 1966 - before the Khmer Rouge. A haven of peace in a war-torn Asia, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the country's flamboyant leader, cries out as the Vietnam War next door threatens to engulf the entire region. To young French-Australian journalist Philippe Roche, newly arrived in Phnom Penh to kick off his...
Author
Language
English
Description
A gripping political and romantic thriller set in Sydney's expatriate Vietnamese community in 1995, 20 years after the end of the Vietnam War. Australian Paul Quinn, former spy and old Indochina hand, had served in Saigon in the last stages of the war, and later seen its after-effects among the refugees who fled by boat after the communist victory, the original boat-people. Now retired from the intelligence game, he lives an uneventful life in Sydney....
Author
Publisher
Les Editions de l'Artbouquine
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Français
Description
'Oasis de paix dans une Asie en flammes', ainsi le Prince Sihanouk définissait-il le Cambodge dans les années soixante alors que la guerre du Vietnam menaçait de s'étendre à toute la région. C'est dans ce contexte que Philippe Roche, alors jeune journaliste franco-australien, va découvrir un monde qui le fascine au moment même où le général de Gaulle effectue une visite
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