Booktopia has been placed into Voluntary Administration. Orders have been temporarily suspended, whilst the process for the recapitalisation of Booktopia and/or sale of its business is completed, following which services may be re-established. All enquiries from creditors, including customers with outstanding gift cards and orders and placed prior to 3 July 2024, please visit https://www.mcgrathnicol.com/creditors/booktopia-group/
Add free shipping to your order with these great books
The Trial of Maximo Bonga : The Story of the Strangest Guesthouse in South East Asia - John Harris

The Trial of Maximo Bonga

The Story of the Strangest Guesthouse in South East Asia

By: John Harris

Paperback | 1 August 2015 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback


RRP $22.99

$20.50

11%OFF

In Stock and Aims to ship next day
There was someone standing further along the beach, facing out to sea. An old man dressed in... I blinked... battle fatigues? Second World War U.S. by the looks of the helmet. I looked on for a moment, squinting into the sun-streaked coconut smoke. 'You won't like Bonga's Guest House, I can tell you now. Maximo Bonga...' said the fisherman's wife. She was lost for words, shaking her head. 'Maximum Bongo?' I asked. 'Bonga,' she said. 'It means flamboyant.' Based on a true story. On a remote beach in South East Asia, a young woman's body is found. The corrupt local police think they have found the perfect fall guy in Maximo Bonga - cantankerous World War Two veteran and owner of the weirdest guesthouse in town. But unbeknownst to them, an unlikely friendship has been forged between Maximo and John, one of the boarders of Maximo's guest-house-cum-boot-camp, where an old machine gun and camouflaged mantraps stand guard and a tyrannical rooster terrorises the guests. Along with a rag-tag bunch of misfits, John sets out to defend the old soldier in a kangaroo court set up at the local cockpit, in a skewed paradise like no other. AUTHOR: John Harris left his job at 18 to travel and work around the world. His trip round South-East Asia formed the background for his bestselling book, 'The Backpacker'. Now living in Vietnam
Industry Reviews
'Harris writes a worthy who-dun-it thriller about friendship and one man's quest for justice... Harris does achieve to seamlessly meld his own experience with the fabricated to create a page-turning novel that makes the perfect easy-going holiday read' -- Emma Russell - Time Out, Hong Kong
`Great read. Very enjoyable. Feels like a proper story that took me on a journey.' -- Jamie Goold, film and documentary maker

More in Travel Writing

Rambling Man : My Life on the Road - Billy Connolly

RRP $49.99

$38.75

22%
OFF
Stories of Sydney - Alice Grundy

FREE SHIPPING

RRP $26.99

$21.75

19%
OFF
The Golden Maze : A biography of Prague - Richard Fidler

RRP $34.99

$31.75

From Scratch : A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home - Tembi Locke
Corners of Melbourne - Robyn Annear

RRP $35.00

$31.75

Arabesques : A Tale of Double Lives - Robert Dessaix

FREE SHIPPING

RRP $24.99

$19.95

20%
OFF
The Wild Places - Robert Macfarlane

RRP $24.99

$23.75

Great American Railroad Journeys - Michael Portillo

RRP $49.99

$20.35

59%
OFF
Underland : A Deep Time Journey - Robert Macfarlane

RRP $24.99

$23.75

Istanbul Cult Recipes (mini) - Pomme Larmoyer

RRP $29.99

$27.90

The New York Times Explorer : Beaches, Islands & Coasts : Explorer - Barbara Ireland
Adrift in Melbourne : Seven Walks with Robyn Annear - Robyn Annear
Twilight of Love : Travels With Turgenev - Robert Dessaix

FREE SHIPPING

RRP $24.99

$19.95

20%
OFF