''Saint Jack'' is a 1973 novel by Paul Theroux that was adapted into a 1979 film of the same name. It tells the life of Jack Flowers, a pimp in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

. Feeling hopeless and undervalued, Jack tries to make money by setting up his own

bordello A brothel, bordello, ranch, or whorehouse is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes. However, for legal or cultural reasons, establishments often describe themselves as massage parlors, bars, strip clubs, body rub pa ...

, and clashes with Chinese triad members in the process.

Film adaptation

A film adaptation directed by

Peter Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. One of the " New Hollywood" directors, Bogdanovich started as a film journalist until he was hired to work on ...

was released in 1979.

References

{{Paul Theroux 1973 American novels Novels by Paul Theroux Novels about prostitution Novels set in Singapore American novels adapted into films Works about prostitution in Singapore Books with cover art by Paul Bacon Fictional Singaporean people Triad (organized crime)