This tragic story by Dhep Mahapaoraya is set in pre-World War 2 Central Thailand. A mentally disturbed young Thai man relates how, after he and the daughter of a fiercely protective Chinese towkay fell deeply in love, the girl was severely beaten, locked away by day, and chained at night. The determined girl escaped, but met a grisly end in the jaws of a crocodile after finding him taking solace with a young prostitute. He is haunted by the thought that her death may not have been accidental. Themes include love, cruelty, betrayal, corruption, prostitution, excess (alcohol, gambling, women).
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