Twenty-Five Fifties - Shane Bunnag

A beautiful novella from Thai author Shane Bunnag. A boy steals a motorbike, beginning a voyage across Thailand. Plagued by ghosts of the past and present, he faces conflicting visions of his nation. His joyride progresses from a series of misadventures into a quest for meaning amidst the chaotic, strife-ridden landscape of Thailand in the 2010s. This folklore infused narrative blends the comical mundane and the uncanny in a unique dreamlike odyssey.