The Coroner's Lunch

The Coroner's Lunch

â€œThis series kickoff is an embarrassment of riches: Holmesian sleuthing, political satire, and [a] droll comic study of a prickly late bloomer.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

â€œThe sights, smells, and colors of Laos practically jump of the pages of this inspired, often wryly witty first novel.â€â€”Denver Post

â€œA wonderfully fresh and exotic mystery. . . . If Cotterill . . . had done nothing more than treat us to Siriâ€™s views on the dramatic, even comic crises that mark periods of government upheaval, his debut mystery would still be fascinating. But the multiple cases spread out on Siriâ€™s examining table . . . are not cozy entertainments, but substantial crimes that take us into the thick of political intrigue.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review

â€œIn Siri, Cotterill has created a detective as distinctive as Maigret or Poirot.â€â€”Orlando Sentinel

â€œThe Soho Press crime series . . . has done mystery connoisseurs everywhere a favor by adding Colin Cotterill to its publishing list. The author gives us exotic locations; a world that few of us know well; crisp, intelligent, and often-witty writing; and, most of all, a hero unlike any other.â€ â€”The Philadelphia Inquirer

Laos, 1975. The Communist Pathet Lao has taken over this former French colony. Dr. Siri Paiboun, a 72-year-old Paris-trained doctor, is appointed national coroner. Although he has no training for the job, there is no one else; the rest of the educated class has fled.

He is expected to come up with the answers the party wants. But crafty and charming Dr.Siri is immune to bureaucratic pressure. At his age, he reasons, what can they do to him? And he knows he cannot fail the dead who come into his care without risk of incurring their boundless displeasure. Eternity could be a long time to have the spirits mad at you.

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Country USA
Brand Cotterill, Colin
Manufacturer Soho Crime
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781569474181
ReleaseDate 2005-11-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781569474181

Country	USA
Brand	Cotterill, Colin
Manufacturer	Soho Crime
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781569474181
ReleaseDate	2005-11-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781569474181

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