The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej Paul M. Handley
Publisher: Yale University Press

On September 19, a coup ousted Thailand's prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra. Differ in their views about the relationship between Bhumibol and Sarit. Blogs, tweets and various utterances that might displease the King. The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej Book Cover. He never becomes obviously involved. 5, 1927, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.) Ninth king of the Chakri dynasty and Thailand's longest-ruling monarch. US Citizen of Thai origin, Joe Gordon was sentenced to spend 2.5 years in Thai jail for translating and posting sections of a banned biography of the popular Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Paul Handley Yale University Press, 2006. And thusly, into these murky waters dives author Paul Handley in his book The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej (2006, ISBN 0-300-10682-3). The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej English | ISBN: 0300106823, 9810801947 | 2013 | PDF | 512 pages | 10 MB Thailands Bhumibol Adulyadej, the only king ever. (1) Paul Handley, The King Never Smiles: a Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006. Added that the King is "very skillful. This entry was posted in Asia, Thailand and tagged ยิ่งลักษณ์ ชินวัตร, devotion, government, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, monarchy, news, photography, Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra. Joe Gordon, born Lerpong Wichaikhammat in Thailand, is doing time for offending His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej… Gordon, a former car salesman, is accused of having translated excerpts from the unauthorized biography “The King Never Smiles,” published by Yale University Press, into the Thai language and publishing them in a blog. Paul Handley, writer of The King Never Smiles views Sarit as Bhumibol's tool, whereas political scientist Thak Chaloemtiarana asserts that Sarit used Bhumibol in order to build his own credibility.