'Smoking Poppy' by Graham Joyce is a novel that follows the story of Danny Innes, who embarks on a journey to Thailand to rescue his daughter, Charlie, who has been arrested on drug charges. Accompanied by his friend, Mick, and his son, Phil, Danny navigates through themes of family relationships, redemption, and self-discovery. The plot unfolds with twists and turns, exploring the complexities of love, friendship, and the lengths a parent would go to save their child from a dangerous situation in the golden triangle region of Thailand.
The writing style of Graham Joyce in 'Smoking Poppy' is described as engaging and immersive, with well-developed characters and vivid descriptions of the setting. Readers praise the author's ability to blend elements of humor, love, heartache, and personal growth seamlessly into the narrative, creating a fast-paced and emotionally resonant story that keeps the reader hooked until the end.
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Warnings include drug use, violence, and themes of imprisonment.
From The Publisher:
Oh that Charlie of mine, how I wanted her back. Dan Innes hasn't seen his daughter for two years. Now he's been delivered shattering news from the British Embassy in Bangkok: the light of his life has been arrested as a drug smuggler, languishing in wait of a probable death sentence in a hellish Chiang Mai jail. Angry and terrified, seething with guilt, reprimands, and questions, he leaves London for Thailand, prepared to fight for his estranged daughter's freedom. But Dan's visit to the jail is inconclusive, and soon he is following the faintest of trails up in the lawless mountain region close to the border with Myanmar, where opium grows abundantly and the dangers of nature are second only to that of man. It's a place where the fearless and the foolish wander - and disappear forever. To find Charlie, Dan must retrace her steps - and brave the same traps that swallowed her. Here he will discover his own limits, his own temptations, as he drifts across the strange tides of an even stranger land, on a terrifying mission of self-discovery, blind faith, and salvation. As þuidly ecstatic as a drug, pulsating with a vivid, hothouse atmosphere, Smoking Poppy takes readers on a hallucinatory - sometimes funny, sometimes horrifying - journey across an enthralling, suspense-charged landscape. Graham Joyce, who brilliantly explored the far reaches of human obsession in his acclaimed thriller Indigo, goes further to prove that such obsession has no boundaries, no taboos, and - the deeper one gets - no exit.
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