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Golden pavilions / Robert Brunton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brunton, Robert, 1936-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Exhibition buildings--Thailand--Bangkok--Design and construction--Fiction.
- Exhibition buildings.
- Designers--Australia--Fiction.
- Designers.
- Trade shows--Thailand--Bangkok--Fiction.
- Trade shows.
- Australians--Thailand--Bangkok--Fiction.
- Australians.
- Bangkok (Thailand)--Fiction.
- Bangkok (Thailand).
- Asian International Trade Fair--(1st : 1966 : Bangkok, Thailand)--Buildings--Fiction.
- Asian International Trade Fair.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (414 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Canberra, ACT : Pandanus Books/Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University ; Sydney, NSW : Distributed by UNIREPS, University of New South Wales, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A novel set against the background of Bangkok world expo in 1966.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Prologue; 1 Rice for the Soul; 1 Rice for the Soul; 2 Forty-second Street; 2 Forty-second Street; 3 The Conch Shell; 3 The Conch Shell; 4 Big Dreams; 4 Big Dreams; 5 La Fontaine; 5 La Fontaine; 6 The Crimson Sash; 6 The Crimson Sash; 7 The Garden Rake; 7 The Garden Rake; 8 Lak Lak; 8 Lak Lak; 9 The Jolt from Holt; 9 The Jolt from Holt; 10 Their First Black Box; 10 Their First Black Box; 11 In the Shade of a Durian Tree; 11 In the Shade of a Durian Tree; 12 A Brubeck Overture; 12 A Brubeck Overture; 13 The Monkey s Chain; 13 The Monkey s Chain
- 14 The Green Filing Cabinet14 The Green Filing Cabinet; 15 A Special Experience; 15 A Special Experience; 16 A Piece of Cake; 16 A Piece of Cake; 17 Design Development; 17 Design Development; 18 Inspiration at a League Club; 18 Inspiration at a League Club; 19 The Afterbirth of Industry; 19 The Afterbirth of Industry; 20 All in a Black Box; 20 All in a Black Box; 21 The Model-Maker; 21 The Model-Maker; 22 This Thing Just Has to be Built; 22 Thi
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-74076-102-2
- OCLC:
- 55626907
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