The Calculator and Other Stories
About this ebook
In “On Soi Arab” a member of the US embassy in Bangkok tells Vijay about Ning, a Thai co-worker he likes, who has started behaving strangely. And has come into money. Surely she’s not stealing embassy secrets? In “Under Sapparn Phut,” Oot buys a valuable Buddha amulet for a low price in a night market. But since then, he tells Vijay, someone has been following him. In “The Farm in Ratchburi” a businessman called Nop wants to know why his company is failing. He doesn’t have money to pay Vijay, but brings along a 10,000 baht fighting cock as deposit. Nop’s life will turn out to be far more complicated than Vijay imagined. In “The Calculator” a human calculator from England goes missing in Bangkok, having drawn the attention of some powerful people.
About the author
I was born in Colombo, grew up in London and currently live in Bangkok, where I work in an electrochemistry lab.
My short stories have been published in The Sun, Inkwell, Natural Bridge, The Minnesota Review, The Santa Clara Review, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, and The Best Asian Short Stories 2017, among others. One of my stories was shortlisted for the Bridport 2021 Short Story Prize. My first novel, "The Mask Under My Face," was published in Singapore by Kitaab. The second, "The Case of the Vanishing Conman," (featuring Vijay, the protagonist of "The Calculator and Other Stories") was published in the UK by Joffe Books.
