Roger Crutchley
8 May 2020

Celebrated expat cartoonist Stephff has released a new tome concerning strangers in a strange land

Stephane "Stephff" Peray is a Frenchman born in Paris, who settled in Thailand in 1989 a few years after his first visit as a sailor with the French navy. Initially a photographer, he moved into cartoons, and outside of Thailand his work has appeared in The International Herald Tribune, The Far Eastern Economic Review and the Phnom Penh Post.

Expats will identify with the farang motorcyclist wearing a crash helmet being stopped by an alert policeman while four grinning Thai kids crammed on one motorbike breezily sail past, none wearing helmets. Then there is the overweight visitor falling in love and discovering that he has become a mobile ATM.

And there are of course the temptations of the flesh and the inevitable encounters with ladies of the night, not forgetting the ladyboys, with sensible illustrated advice about why it is wise not to get into a fight in Thailand.

While the book is obviously aimed at expats, broad-minded Thais may also find it an intriguing insight as to why farang sometimes appear to behave so strangely.

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