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|title=Catching the Sun
|author=Tony Parsons
|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Man-made and natural disasters strike a family who move to Thailand in search of a better life. A good read. Tony Parsons popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Tony Parsons|chat to us]].
|rating=4
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|borrow=Yes
|pages=320
|publisher=Harper
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Tom Finn had been a builder, but bankruptcy intervened and taxi driving provided some sort of living for him, his wife, Tess and twins Rory and Keeva. And so it might have continued but for two burglars in his home. Tom 'confronted' them - and nearly went to jail, but his conviction mean that taxi driving was no longer an option. Then a chance encounter brought him the offer of another driving job - but this one was in Phuket in Thailand - and included accommodation. There's a saying that if something seems too good to be true then it probably is, but when you're as close to the bottom as Tom Finn there comes a time when you've got to take a chance and hope that this is your lucky day.
For more from Thailand we can recommend a crime story, [[Killed at the Whim of a Hat by Colin Cotterill]] or [[The Beach by Alex Garland]]. For more about the natural disaster which struck Thailand in 2004 you might like to have a look at [[Let Not The Waves of the Sea by Simon Stephenson]].
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