Malaysian punk rock writer Francis Wolf revisits tattooed memories in new book

‘With a book, you’re not condensing something into three minutes (like a song), you’re expanding. And that’s when you start to question yourself. How much is too much?’ says writer/musician Francis Wolf on his latest DIY book, Kept In Ink. Photo: The Star/Azman Ghani

There's a moment in Kept In Ink when the central character finds himself lying on the floor of an anonymous chalet on a Thai island no one has heard of while trying to appease his growling stomach with yesterday’s potato chips.

He’s gone without breakfast because he needs to stretch his baht. He worries if he’ll get back to Kuala Lumpur in time for a paying gig.