Setin1950andbasedontheseriesofautobiographicalshortstoriesbyArchinPanjabhan,thebeginningfindsArchinexpelledfromBangkok'sChulalongkornUniversityinhissophomoreyear.HeispackedofftosouthernThailand,wherehesupposedlyhasajobwaitingforhim.It'sinaremote,mountainousjunglethatdoesn'teven"rateaspotonthemap",aplacethatislittle...