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I shot the Buddha / Colin Cotterill.
Van Pelt Library PR6053.O778 I4 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cotterill, Colin, author.
- Series:
- Cotterill, Colin. Dr. Siri Paiboun series
- Dr. Siri Paiboun mysteries
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paiboun, Siri, Doctor (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
- Paiboun, Siri.
- Paiboun, Siri, Doctor (Fictitious character).
- Coroners.
- Laos.
- Coroners--Fiction.
- Laos--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 342 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Soho Crime, [2016]
- Summary:
- "Laos, 1979: Retired coroner Siri Paiboun and his wife, Madame Daeng, have never been able to turn away a misfit. As a result, they share their small Vientiane house with an assortment of homeless people, mendicants, and oddballs. One of these oddballs is Noo, a Buddhist monk, who rides out on his bicycle one day and never comes back, leaving only a cryptic note in the refrigerator. Realizing that he needs rescuing, Siri and Daeng sneak illegally across the Mekhong River to Thailand, trying to track their missing monk-friend down and figure out who has kidnapped him. Their adventure runs them afoul of Lao secret service officers, famous spiritualists, charismatic abbots, and even a man who might be the reincarnation of the Buddha himself. Buddhism is a powerful influence on both morals and politics in Southeast Asia--to get their friend back, Siri and Daeng will have to figure out who is cloaking their terrible misdeeds in religiosity"-- Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781616957223
- 1616957220
- OCLC:
- 929048860
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