Pacific Dash: From Asia Vagabond to Casino King by Chet Nairene
A restless American drifter spends decades chasing thrills across Asia—until the casino empire he builds becomes the danger he never saw coming.
From Banana Leaf Books and author Chet Nairene comes a wildly entertaining, globe‑trotting adventure through the beaches, back alleys, and casino underworlds of Asia.
Dashiell “Dash” Bonaventure arrives in Hong Kong as a teenager in 1968, expecting a short detour from Midwestern life. Instead, it becomes the first step in a lifelong odyssey through Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Macau, Thailand, and beyond. Along the way he falls in love, makes enemies, saves lives, nearly loses his own—and stumbles into the high‑stakes world of illegal casinos and VIP gambling junkets.
By the time Dash becomes the wealthiest Westerner in Asia, the trouble he’s outrun for decades finally catches up.\
NOTE; Chet Nairene is the nom de plume of Asia Hands member Ralph W. Perry. It is the inaugural offering of The Pacific Trilogy that follows the adventures of Dashiell “Dash” Bonaventure. Below is a link to an interview with Chet Nairene: