Dark Ruby Author:Zoe Schramm-Evans Western media has shown Burma to have a cruel regime brutally oppressing its people and imprisoning its elected representatives. Schramm-Evans relates stories of modern-day Burma including back-breaking work on the roads, tales of were-tigers, spirits and flying monks from her encounters with SLORC military, teachers, guides, journalists and sha... more »mans astrologers, forced laborers and foreign residents.« less
Although a decade old, the book didn't feel particularly dated; the military's iron grip on Burma remains as strong today as it did then. I enjoyed the author's informative, yet informal, style.