Though the word "revenge" strikes the wrong note, there is a plausible theory that, for a while, post-post-colonialist literature was flourishing. Now the wheel, it appears, has turned once more. With the publication of Sightseeing, post-post-post-colonialist literature has been born.
Rattawut Lapcharoensap has a fine post-post-post-colonialist pedigree: he was born in Chicago, raised in Bangkok, and is now a fellow at the University of East Anglia. Sightseeing, his debut publication, is a collection of stories all set in Thailand. The opener, "Farangs" - Thai slang for foreigners - wittily maps out his territory.