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Disco for the Departed
Colin Cotterill
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Description for Disco for the Departed
Paperback. Reluctant coroner to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Dr Siri Paiboun has been despatched to the country's mountainous north where the sudden appearance of a mummified arm protruding from a concrete path laid in front of the President's new mansion has caused an understandable degree of embarrassment Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
Dr Siri Paiboun may be in his seventy-third year, but he's still as sturdy as a jungle boar - and as crafty as one. Reluctant coroner to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, he's been despatched to the country's mountainous north where the sudden appearance of a mummified arm protruding from a concrete path laid in front of the President's new mansion has caused an understandable degree of embarrassment. Dr Siri's disinterment and autopsy of the body attached to the arm provide some grisly surprises but it is his gifts as a shaman that put the septuagenarian doctor on the ... Read more
Dr Siri Paiboun may be in his seventy-third year, but he's still as sturdy as a jungle boar - and as crafty as one. Reluctant coroner to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, he's been despatched to the country's mountainous north where the sudden appearance of a mummified arm protruding from a concrete path laid in front of the President's new mansion has caused an understandable degree of embarrassment. Dr Siri's disinterment and autopsy of the body attached to the arm provide some grisly surprises but it is his gifts as a shaman that put the septuagenarian doctor on the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
259g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847245854
SKU
V9781847245854
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About Colin Cotterill
Colin Cotterill was born in London. He has taught in Australia, the USA and Japan and lived for many years in Laos where he worked for nongovernmental social service organizations. He now writes full-time and lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Reviews for Disco for the Departed
A wonderfully fresh and exotic mystery - New York Times Book Review
New York Times
an embarrassment of riches: Holmesian sleuthing, political satire, and a droll comic study of a prickly late bloomer - Kirkus (starred review)
Kirkus
The story is good, the characters interesting, the hero delightful and the setting fascinating: a find - Literary ... Read more
New York Times
an embarrassment of riches: Holmesian sleuthing, political satire, and a droll comic study of a prickly late bloomer - Kirkus (starred review)
Kirkus
The story is good, the characters interesting, the hero delightful and the setting fascinating: a find - Literary ... Read more