Disco For The Departed
ASIN: B004ZZQ7TO
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Novels,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
Asia,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Magical Realism,
Supernatural
Series: Dr. Siri Paiboun (#3)
Read this really quickly. Rates more than 3 stars. Particularly enjoyed the focus on nurse Dtui and Geung.
Like the little girl Panoy, I too wish I could reach up and tug on Dr. Siri's fluffy white eyebrows, hopefully convince him to tell a story or two about the spirits and his coroner's cases. He's a delightful old man who is learning to appreciate new talents, including a spirit-provided gift of rhyth...
Rating: 3.75* of fiveThe Book Report: Comrade Doctor Siri, the only coroner in the newly “liberated” Communist regime of Laos, returns to the northeastern jungle caves where he and his Pathet Lao insurgent comrades once fought the Royalists and the Americans for control of Laos. His purpose: Find ou...
This is the third book in the series about Siri Paiboun, "the feisty 73-year-old national coroner of Laos" (as the backcover blurb says). This time he has to use his deductive powers and access to the spirit world to solve the deaths of three people before the Laotian and Vietnamese politburos show ...
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