Sam Oglesby has spent most of his life in Asia living and working in Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, the Kingdom of Bhutan and other far away places. In this memoir c...view moreSam Oglesby has spent most of his life in Asia living and working in Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, the Kingdom of Bhutan and other far away places. In this memoir covering more than fifty years of adventure he takes us through palaces, slums, war, earthquakes, jail and even a hangover. Oglesby was educated at the University of Virginia and the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. He worked as a diplomat and an international civil servant before retiring to the South Bronx where he gardens, sings cabaret and writes about his life and experiences.view less