No Money, No Honey! A Candid Look at Sex-for-Sale in Singapore

by David Brazil

Book Overview

This journal is a perfect gift for friends and family, male or female. Other features of this notebook are: - 120 pages - 6x9 inches - matte cover This book is convenient for writing. It has the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9813056703
• ISBN13: 9789813056701
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Angsana Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great book.

I had read this book once before, I considered it very informative. It also gave me insight on how the how the ladies deserve to be treated nice. It had locations of hot spots to go to and also places to avoid. I had some really good times in Singapore because of this book. It was also a fun read.

Customer Review

The book gives a gripping reportage of what actually happens in Singapore's red light areas. I felt that it was a real relevation given the 'clean' image the country has. It is something not well publicized. The non-judgemental approach from David Brazil is certainly refreshing and allows me to make my own conclusions. A must reading!

"No Money, No Honey" a great read.

A colleague of mind recommended this book to me during my second visit to Singapore last month (my first time there was in 1996)and told me "you would have a hard time putting it down." In all honesty, he was right. I was intrigued with the descriptive insight that Brazil presented in the book with his interviews with the ladies, and visuals of the places that the sex trade takes place in Singapore.The only downside to the book is that he didn't talk to many of the men who associated with the ladies. For instance, he highlights how some of the ladies expresses distaste for black men. As a African-American man, I never had a negative experience there as I had little trouble with the ladies (especially the Thai ladies he spoke to) as they showed the utmost respect and kindness. Not to brag, I never had a sense of rejection. I wished that I had Mr. Brazil's contact information as I wouldn't mind collaboring with him on a sequel and share my worthwhile experiences in Singapore.Aside from that, this book is a "must read" and should be required reading before your visit there. Highly recommended.

Dark Subject Gets Some Light!

This book examines an area of life in Singapore that rarely sees daylight -- in more senses than one! Its attention to detail is quite eye-opening, and contains many, many surprises even for Singaporeans, I suspect. Let alone tourists and visitors who would normally associate Singapore with a strict, sterile, squeaky clean image. I would have thought these "ladies of the night" would be deported faster than they can say "No money, no honey"! Less you think this is a sensational, lurid, "tell it for the money" kind of book (ie only passably-written and mainly for thrill-seekers), nothing could be further from the truth. Brazil has written it in a pacy, journalistic style and combines hard facts (there are lengthy interviews with 12 actual workers) with delicious details (decor of a brothel, prices, prejudices against certain types of clients and modus operandi)that are all the more rivetting because it is happening in Singapore. There are also actual behind-the-scene photos taken by the author. How he gained access might be another tale in itself? It is really an authoritative, yet enjoyable in-depth look at the surprising, thriving Singapore for-sale industry. Possibly NOT a book to recommend for Father's Day though!