Tag Archives: Colin Falconer

HOW NOT TO MURDER ELEVEN PEOPLE

Posted on July 24, 2013 by [email protected]

You have eleven unarmed people imprisoned in a house. Six are women, one is a child. The state’s local resources are at your entire disposal, including an execution team. Considering you have the right psychopathic tendencies, murdering them and hiding … Continue reading →

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WHY IS LOVE?

Posted on July 3, 2013 by [email protected]

Someone said to me recently: there’s always a love story in your novels. They said it as if that was a surprise. Is it because I’m a guy? It’s true that in many commercial novels and Hollywood films written by … Continue reading →

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Where I Met My First Opium Caravan

Posted on June 25, 2013 by [email protected]

I encountered my first opium caravan in the jungle somewhere north of a place called Fang, in Thailand. To this day I cannot find it on the map. The only spare rooms were in the local brothel. My mate’s girl … Continue reading →

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JAMES CLAVELL MEETS THE GODFATHER

Posted on June 19, 2013 by [email protected]

I have an offer for you this week. Join my mailing list and you’ll get a free e-copy of OPIUM, the first in the 5 book OPIUM series. I’m making this offer to subscribers on my list for a limited … Continue reading →

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FROM PONGWIFFY TO SHAKESPEARE

Posted on April 15, 2013 by [email protected]

When she was three years old my baby girl crawled on my lap in my study and asked me what I was doing. “I’m writing a book,” I said. “Well, that’s just adicalus,’ she said. She had heard her mother … Continue reading →

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HONEY, THERE’S A SHARK IN MY CAGE

Posted on April 7, 2013 by [email protected]

Some interesting footage on the news this week; a white shark tried to get in a cage with a diver. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YsHq9vG2eY&w=560&h=315] I was especially fascinated as I did a very similar shark dive in Gansbaii a few years ago. … Continue reading →

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DON’T LET YOUR HANDS DROP OFF THIS EASTER

Posted on March 28, 2013 by [email protected]

For some of us, Easter has a vague association with bunnies and a stronger association with chocolate. But Roman gladiators - until now, not so much.

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OOPS I’M GONNA PARTY LIKE IT’S 1199

Posted on March 6, 2013 by [email protected]

As the sun dips in the sky the town of Carrión de los Condes prepares for the Feast of Santiago. As I make my way towards the plaza the players emerge from their houses: the Queen of Navarre jumps in … Continue reading →

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CAN YOU CONTROL YOUR DESTINY - OR IS YOUR FATE ALREADY DECIDED?

Posted on January 31, 2013 by [email protected]

Can we control our fate - or is our destiny carved in stone? It’s the basic question of life, of all philosophy and religion. Those who believe in Fate say that we only find peace through acceptance and that struggle … Continue reading →

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800,000 BOOKS IN ONE DAY

Posted on January 29, 2013 by [email protected]

8½ THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT BARCELONA Barcelona is my new home town. No one understand a single word I say, but I love it already. The coffee is brilliant and there are little bars everywhere filled with people still … Continue reading →

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