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 Jim Thompson : The Unsolved Mystery - William Warren
 Jim Thompson : The Unsolved Mystery - William Warren ... silk industry James H.W. Thompson disappeared while supposedly on a stroll in the jungle-clad Cameron Highlands, central Malaysia.The circumstances were unusual, and led to a massive search and investigation. Neither Jim Thompson nor his remains have ever been found...Newest Review: ... setting out its stall and the enticing readers with the nature of the mystery. Basically Jim disappeared with seemingly no ... more ... trace, no clues and this started the mystery. The book obviously gives more detail and more potential plot threads. Once the nature of the mystery is established the book details the first legend of Jim. Without the first legend the mystery would not be so important. That is to say if an ordinary person disappeared the story would not endure thirty years. Jim worked for the predecessor of the CIA in the war and then aged 40 basically single handedly rebuilt the Thai cottage silk industry into a multi-million pound ...more |
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Jim Thompson : The Unsolved Mystery - William Warren: The unsolved mystery - solved or unsolvable? (542 words)
by - written on 15/03/02 (Very useful, 222 readings)
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In 1967 Jim Thompson disappeared in the Malaysian Cameron Highlands. I was first acquainted with Jim Thompson when I visited his Thai house on a trip to Bangkok (see seperate opinion, or don't bother and see the house instead if in Bangkok). This really wet my appetite and the book was mentioned while we were there. On returning to Britain 7 months later I was still interested so got this book. The author of the book, as he makes clear at the end, was a friend of Thompson's. That said he was not a very close one, not part of the inner circle, but close enought to know and observe him and have at least some pertinent personal insight. The ... Read the complete review
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