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ISBN: 978-988-19002-9-6
Paperback, 420 pages
Size: 14 x 21 cm
Published: Aug 2011

Price: HK$138 / US$17.95

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Chris Thrall left the Royal Marines to find his fortune in Hong Kong, but instead found himself homeless and hooked on crystal meth.

Soon he began working for the 14K, Hong Kong’s largest crime family, as a doorman in one of their nightclubs in the Wan Chai red-light district.

Dealing with violence, psychosis and the ‘foreign triad’ – a secretive expat clique which, unbeknown to the world, works hand-in-hand with the Chinese mafia – he had to survive in the world’s most unforgiving city, addicted to the world’s most dangerous drug.

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"A triad-controlled nightclub, of course, is not a clever place to work if you’re addicted to a drug with a tendency to induce horrifying paranoia. A lot of bad stuff is going to happen and it’s very easy for an Ice-addled mind to imagine that even worse stuff is also going on. This is at the heart of Thrall’s nightmare and it’s a narrative device that makes Eating Smoke work so well." -- South China Morning Post

"To hell and back: An expat's life on the edge in Hong Kong" -- CNNGo

"This book works on so many levels. For starters, memoirs can only be successful if the central character is likable. And this is certainly the case for Chris Thrall." -- Susan Blumberg-Kason

"Most visitors to Hong Kong, and even many residents, never have experienced the city's sinister core more closely than they will in Eating Smoke. Thank goodness!" -- Cairns Media Magazine

"Chris Thrall - Marine, Addict & Triad" -- Necescity

A great interview with Chris by Collette Scott

Watch the author's great book trailer on YouTube!

"Dwelling in the criminal underworld drove Chris Thrall to drugs; he became addicted to crystal methamphetamine, and suffered from clinical psychosis. Now, 15 years on, he is ready to tell his story.” — Time Out