The Hostage Press Catalog

No Problem Girl

Copyright: 2008
First Printing: 2008
ISBN: 978-974-13-7293-5
Page Count: 304

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Peter Slodell has it all: money, looks, a great car, and a cool apartment courtesy of his father’s mayonnaise empire. He lives the life of a playboy, rigidly following the 50 rules set down in his “Guide To Single Living” and adamantly refuses to take part in the family business. To thwart the idleness of his deadbeat son, Peter’s dying father leaves a vengeful stipulation in his will stating that the family inheritance will only go to his son after he’s married. In a panic, Peter signs up with the Siam Dreams Marriage Agency, planning to stay wed long enough to collect his money, and return to single living.

On the other side of the world lives Aree. Aree is a Thai girl who finds herself in desperate straits after being laid off from her factory in the Northeast. Frustrated in her attempts to make an honest living and help her family with financial worries, Aree takes her friend’s advice and signs up with Siam Dreams in the hopes of finding a rich foreign husband.

From their first meeting over the Net, Peter believes he’s found his no-problem girl. Aree, however, turns out to be something entirely unexpected.

Bangkok Dick

Copyright: 2006
First Printing: 2006
ISBN: 974-93710-9-7
Page Count: 219

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Dick Reilly, Bangkok P.I. He’s the man to call if you suspect your husband or lover of an illicit affair in the City of Angels. Armed with a camera and an inexhaustible supply of hot air, Reilly tackles the cases other detectives wouldn’t dare touch. When a high-profile redhead enlists his aid to dig up the dirt on her superstar husband, Reilly finds himself knee-deep in a blackmail scheme that’s going to require every trick in the book to set right.

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Sukhumvit Road

Copyright: 2005
First Printing: 2005
Second Printing: 2006
ISBN: 974 92636-8-5
Page Count: 418

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Bami is Bangkok's #1 butterfly girl, fluttering from dream to dream and lover to lover. Her life turns upside-down as former boyfriends and present beaus suddenly converge over one long weekend in the City of Angels.

There's Nathan, a thoroughly deluded young bachelor set on marrying her. Owen, an ex-minister hoping to erase his sins in forbidden love. Frank, the broken-hearted bar owner whose life is spinning out of control, and Roley, an alcoholic writing the story of her life. Filled with laughter and demons, the shocking and the hilarious, David Young weaves a no-holds barred tale of Bangkok that urban legend can't compete with. And it all takes place on Sukhumvit Road.

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Fast Eddie's Lucky 7 A Go Go

Copyright: 2004
First Printing: 2004
Second Printing: 2006
ISBN: 974 91664 0 X
Page Count: 346

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Fast Eddie is the owner of the infamous Lucky 7 A-Go-Go, where women are fast and love comes cheap. Following a near fatal heart attack, Eddie decides it's time to end his fifteen-year reign and sell the bar. Ray Malone, an ex-pat with big dreams and bigger relationship problems is the man who wants to take his place. Sadly, Ray's string of bargirl love affairs has loosened his grip on reality, along with depleting his bank account. Can a middle-aged loser sort out his priorities and raise the money in time?

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The Hot Season

Copyright: 2004
Published online at: LookatLao Studio

From The Author

First of all, to everyone who's bought my previous books, thank you. In return, I'm offering the full edition of a soon-to-be-published novel entitled The Hot Season. The first chapter will kick things off, followed by a chapter on the first and the fifteenth of each month.

The Hot Season is an account of one man's adventures during his first year in Thailand. It's unique in that I wrote it back when the country was still vibrant and exciting for me. Not that Thailand has lost any of its charm, but there was definetly a bliss to my ignorance. I hope you enjoy it…

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Thailand Joy

Copyright: 2002
First Printing: 2002
ISBN: 974-243-104-3
Page Count: 353
Publisher: Duang Kamol, LTD.

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She was beautiful, she was sexy, she was sweet and she was kind. She was the closest and the farthest thing from love…

Mantana, better known as Nong Joy to her friends and family, has undertaken a perilous journey. Armed with nothing but her beauty and wit, she sets out from her small village to find a respectable job in the big city. Bangkok, however, has other plans…

Thailand Joy is the remarkable story of one girl’s descent into the neon lit world of lost innocence and jaded desire. It is hot dirty days, papaya salad, short-time hotel rooms, jealous bar girls, drunken sailors, balloon shows, fire shows, eel shows, madness, despair, laughter, and hope. It is sure to be a tale you won’t soon forget.

The Scribe

Copyright: 2000
First Printing: 2000
Second Printing: 2001
ISBN: 974-243-051-9
Page Count: 252
Publisher:: Duang Kamol, LTD.

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A novel of sex, lies, and a-go-go...
Henry Russell has embarked upon a new career; he writes love letters on behalf of Bangkok working girls. Henry’s promises of romance are sent around the world, convincing former customers that the one night stand they experienced in the City of Angels could be the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

And then he asks for money.

The Scribe is David Young’s shocking and hilarious novel that has already established itself as an underground classic. Read it with someone you think you love.