Butterfly Stories by William T. Vollmann My rating: 4 of 5 stars Butterfly Stories is set in the early 90s when the Khmer Rouge was still causing trouble in Cambodia. Vollmann went to Cambodia to cover this trouble, and I’d have liked to know more about his journalistic mission. However, what we get is a … Butterfly Stories
Earlier in 2023, I wrote a review based on what I remembered from having read “Off the Rails in Phnom Penh: Into the Dark Heart of Guns, Girls, and Ganja” in 2003. This book had popped into my mind many times over the years, and with a first-ever trip to Cambodia coming up, I thought … Off the Rails in Phnom Penh: Into the Dark Heart of Guns, Girls, and Ganja Reconsidered
