Out of Hand in a Foreign Land

By Stephen Koral

In his late twenties and appalled at the thought of doing a nine to five until he died, Stephen Koral bought a one-way ticket out of England to go and see the world. Embarking on a year long pub crawl across Asia with no fixed plans, the trip spiralled into a world of Indonesian prisons, police corruption, celebrities, and psychotic macaque monkeys. The nine to five didn't seem too bad after all.

Whether being chased by wild animals and locals in India, getting completely lost in Sri Lanka, avoiding gun owners in Thailand, and possibly most dangerous of all - meeting his future wife, Koral tries to find humour in the difficult, but usually self-imposed troubles found backpacking alone on the road.

WARNING: Adult humour and content.

Second Edition - Released February 2026

To celebrate hitting 10,000 sales, I've released a second edition and also this special hardback edition-featuring newly revised and edited text.

When I first put this story on paper, I didn't think anyone outside of my local pub would read it. Five years later, 10,000 of you have joined me on this mad journey through Asia and the Indonesian legal system. Because so many people have supported the book, I wanted to create a version that does the story justice. The second edition has been revised and edited to address earlier feedback while retaining the same chaotic tone of the original..

A massive thank you to everyone who bought and supported the book in its previous formats. Cheers for making the weirdest time of my life into a dream of a milestone.

Steve

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08M2G23GV
• ISBN13: 9798697716540
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"