Title: The Routard Polar - The Angels of the Mekong - Patrick Mercado - book
Summary :
The Angels of the Mekong
"Nothing is simple in Asia." Luis, whom he met in Laos, keeps repeating this to Edmond Benakem. This barrel-built guy, whose gait oscillates between the waddle of a duck and the nonchalance of a grizzly bear, distracts Eddie from his work to go down the Mekong in search of a young Hmong girl taken from her parents.
This initiatory hunt will lead them, after many adventures and endearing encounters, to Phnom Penh. Confronted with violence he never suspected, fascinated by the Khmers, bewitched by Jeanne, Edmond learns the hard way that it is a land "that eats away at your soul" and succumbs to the Mekong blues.
Young Edmond Benakem, nicknamed Eddie, a Frenchman of Tunisian-Breton descent, a reporter for the Guide du Routard, would like to peacefully do his job as a globetrotting explorer. But he doesn't take into account the formidable force of circumstances, which, for each new destination, leads him into incredible tribulations. Faced with extraordinary situations, Eddie reacts with his heart, his humor, and his sensitivity.
Each time, for each thriller, a colorful journey to the land of fierce confusion...
