(2016/ 2020, 272 pages)

English edition of 17th Parallel North (17 องศาเหนือ - 17th Parallel North) (2016)

Translated by Prisna Boonsinsukh

A Thai political history novel. A spin-off of Democracy, Shaken & Stirred

17th Parallel North was a latitude once used to arbitrarily divide Vietnam into the North and the South.  The Vietnam War was fought with ferocity by a country refusing to be separated. 

17th Parallel North, covering events between 1965-1980, is a companion novel to Democracy, Shaken & Stirred that brings its protagonist Tui Pankem, now a senior policeman, into the politics  behind the Vietnam War which closely involved Thailand as an American ally, while Thailand itself was threatened with its internal communist expansion problems.

First time reader of Win Lyovarin’s politico-historical novel will be drawn into the labyrinth of secret operations, deceit, betrayal in the novel’s twists and turns.  Those familiar with Democracy, Shaken & Stirred will enjoy the masterly expansion of that SEA Write Award winning novel.