Confessions of a Kretek Smoker

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By Michael Vatikiotis

Mark Hanusz had a promising career as a banker before he came to Indonesia and saw the country dissolve into chaos after the economic crisis of 1997. His employer offered him a transfer a year later, but instead he abandoned banking and opted to write the story of kretek.

"All I really wanted to do was tell a story about Indonesia when the country really needed it," says the 29-year-old American from Toledo, Ohio.

The biggest challenge he faced was scepticism. Family and friends thought he was mad; photographers questioned whether he could ever get the book published.

Travelling as far as the Netherlands to source historical photographs, he also visited some 60 kretek factories and collected 800 packets of the clove-infused cigarettes. For Hanusz, researching the history of kretek was not just a scholarly pursuit; it was his passion. "I don't know if I could have written the book if I didn't smoke," he admits.

Despite the hint of eccentricity surrounding the topic, Hanusz builds a convincing case that the subject matter is important. He points out that when a kretek manufacturer in East Java recently shut its workers out of the factory because of a labour dispute, the government forced the company to reopen for business. Not only were the workers not getting paid, but the whole town depended on the kretek factory for its livelihood.

Bolstered by the book's enthusiastic reception in Singapore, Hanusz is already planning his next tome: on the glass painting of central Java.

Taken from FEER