Away From Beloved Lover

A Musical Journey Through Cambodia

Dee Peyok

A vivid musical travelogue exploring the surprising story of Cambodia’s golden age of pop music.

After a century of colonisation and a decade after gaining its independence, Cambodia was ready to rock and roll. In the swinging 1960s and into the 1970s, young musicians flocked to the capital city of Phnom Penh. Then on 17 April 1975, the music stopped.

This is the story of Cambodia, past and present, set to a joyful soundtrack that has been silenced for far too long.

© James Royce

dee peyok, a former session singer, dedicated ten years of her life to researching Cambodia’s music. This is her first book.

MUSIC / TRAVEL WRITING £16.99 January Demy 216 × 135mm TPB 368pp All territories US, translation, serial and audio rights 978 1 78378 711 1