By James De Siun
Treasure and Seduction in Saigon
In post-war Ho Chi Minh City, still stubbornly called Saigon, a young aid worker tries to make money trading in thousand-year old Cambodian statues and the last valuables of an impoverished population. While investigating future medical projects for his agency, he befriends the city’s Amerasian street children, the offspring of American GIs and Vietnamese mothers. He meets young Frenchman Louis and his entrancing mixed-race girlfriend Kieu, star-crossed lovers fated to connect via television news. His interference causes trouble for everyone. What emerges is a fascinating portrait of an exotic and mysterious city, where the truth is never clear.
“A revealing and intriguing story of the aid industry, the black market in ancient artworks and the half-American children left
behind in communist Vietnam”
Tim Bowden - best selling Author, ABC Broadcaster
Historical Fiction
Available as a Paberback
Published December 2009
249 Pages
$12.50
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