The ennui of the privileged
Tew Bunnag’s novel Curtain Of Rain is as much a testament as it is a novel. Set in and around Bangkok, its charming directness and simplicity cuts through much of the complexity that Thais weave around their own society. Tew paints a true picture of the interlocking elements of Thai society — at once connected by ties of patronage and disconnected by levels of class and breeding. The finely…