Kuala Lumpur Undercover
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From the crumbling backstreets of Chow Kit to the gleaming high-rises of Sultan Ismail Road, ladies of all ages and ethnicities patrol the dark alleys, fancy clubs and dingy massage parlours of Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur, cruising for customers and surviving on their wits, born in some cases out of true desperation but in other cases out of lifestyle choice. Veteran writer and author Ewe Paik Leong uncovers a hidden world of KTV lounges within hair salons, massage parlours that offer services beyond the therapeutic and food courts that transform at night into whirlpools of vice, drawing both young and old, the curious and the regulars. In a series of fascinating encounters and interviews with high-end nightclub hostesses and their mamasans, freelance escorts, surreptitious streetwalkers, urut batin 'therapists' and more, the author confronts head-on important issues of trafficking, poverty, heart-wrenching misery, wayward morals and even black magic.
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Grouping Title | kuala lumpur undercover |
Grouping Author | paik leong ewe |
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Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-12-02 22:24:25PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-12-23 23:23:32PM |
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From the crumbling backstreets of Chow Kit to the gleaming high-rises of Sultan Ismail Road, ladies of all ages and ethnicities patrol the dark alleys, fancy clubs and dingy massage parlours of Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur, cruising for customers and surviving on their wits, born in some cases out of true desperation but in other cases out of lifestyle choice. Veteran writer and author Ewe Paik Leong uncovers a hidden world of KTV lounges within hair salons, massage parlours that offer services beyond the therapeutic and food courts that transform at night into whirlpools of vice, drawing both young and old, the curious and the regulars. In a series of fascinating encounters and interviews with high-end nightclub hostesses and their mamasans, freelance escorts, surreptitious streetwalkers, urut batin 'therapists' and more, the author confronts head-on important issues of trafficking, poverty, heart-wrenching misery, wayward morals and even black magic.
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Asia
Electronic books
Prostitutes
Prostitution
Sex industry
Sex work
Social sciences
Southern States
Travel
Electronic books
Prostitutes
Prostitution
Sex industry
Sex work
Social sciences
Southern States
Travel
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Prostitution
Sex industry
Sex work
Social sciences
Travel
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Prostitution
Sex industry
Sex work
Social sciences
Travel
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