In 1989, Pol Pot, the Khmer rouge tyrant, disappeared. Following in the footsteps of Pol Pot is only an underlying  theme, for Marc Victor; the pretext for a more in-depth exploration of Thailand and more particularly the South East of the region, where everything can be found: refugee camps, trafficking in arms, gemstones and drugs, misappropriation of international aid, etc.
These facts are all well-known nowadays but are still hazy, revealing a great deal about the entire global political situation in South East Asia . Marc Victor travels through all the hot spots and dark corners of the country: Bangkok, Pattaya, the roads in the South, “site 8”, Thailand’s islands and even refugee camps.

Achievements since winning the grant
As the permanent correspondent for “Radio France International” (RFI) in Bangkok between 1991 and 1992, and then in Phnom Penh between 1992 and 1996, Marc Victor covered Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. At the same time, he was the editor in chief of the monthly French language publication “Le Mékong” covering South East Asia. Based in Paris, between 1997 and 1998, he was the head of “L'Asie Magazine”, a monthly publication providing general information about Asia.
Marc Victor was also a keynote speaker at the “Connaissance du monde” forum. He produced a feature length documentary on Cambodia. Marc Victor is also the co-author, with Patrick Bernard, of “Peuples d'Indochine”, published by éditions Anako in 1999.
In 2000, he wrote a novel entitled “Kanitha” published by L'Harmattan. A story of love and adventure in Asia, followed in 2002 by Regret Eternels published by éditions Mutine.
Between 2002 and 2006 he ran a French restaurant in Kabul called Atmosphère and devoted time to writing his third novel providing an ironic look at the life of expatriates in Afghanistan.
In 2008, Marc Victor returned to France and set up a blog called lavieformidablederogerroger.blogspot.com. The literary biographical diary of a character, Roger Roger, who is a bit like him but is not actually him...