"The book immerses the reader in the kaleidoscopic realities of contemporary Bangkok--its rhythms, apertures, blockages, pretenses, and dirty business. It is written with inordinate passion and lucidity."--AbdouMaliq Simone, Research Professor, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
> "Steeped in knowledge of Thai society and history, deeply engaged with social and political theory, and drawing on many years of fine-grained ethnographic research, Sopranzetti makes powerful contributions in this book to literatures on infrastructure and mobility, migration and class, and global revolts of the 2010 era that will be of interest to a wide range of readers."--Julia Elyachar, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies, Princeton University and author of Markets of Dispossession: NGOs, Economic Development, and the State in Egypt