{"product_id":"templed-out-neil-pettigrew-9798586267054","title":"Templed Out: Romance and culture shock in Thailand","description":"\u003cb\u003eIf you are thinking of going to Thailand, you need to read this book!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnglish tourist Col has the knack for putting his foot in it time and time again, making embarrassing cultural blunders in a country where whistling after dark will attract evil spirits, where pointing with your feet is the height of bad manners, and where there is definitely a wrong way to sit while wearing a sarong. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this dark romantic comedy about culture shock, Col has met and fallen for Lucky, a Thai girl, in his home town of London and follows her to Bangkok - where things don't turn out as he expects. Will he make it to one of those tropical beaches that he's heard so much about, or will Lucky get her way and drag him along to a series of Thai temples? What is the correct etiquette when you want to tell a Thai person that you've seen so many temples that you're 'templed out'?\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd what about those friends of Col who wind him up by saying that Lucky's just after his money? Col knows better - doesn't he? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003etempled out \u003c\/b\u003e (tɛmpᵊld aʊt), \u003ci\u003eadjectival phrase \u003c\/i\u003e - an expression used by travellers to describe a physical and mental state of exhaustion induced by having visited a large number of temples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Pettigrew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798586267054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.48d","brand":"Neil Pettigrew","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851648282879,"sku":"9798586267054","price":9.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/templed-out-neil-pettigrew-9798586267054","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}