I shot the Buddha /
by Cotterill, Colin.
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BookPublisher: New York : Soho Crime, 2016Description: 352 pages ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9781616957223 (hbk.) :; 1616957220 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Paiboun, Siri, Doctor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Coroners -- Laos -- Fiction | Laos -- Fiction | Detective and mystery stories | CrimeSummary: 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: a plea to help a fellow monk escape across the Mekhong River to Thailand. Naturally, Siri can't turn down the adventure, and soon he is running afoul of Lao secret service officers and famous spiritualists.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 002942232X |
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: a plea to help a fellow monk escape across the Mekhong River to Thailand. Naturally, Siri can't turn down the adventure, and soon he is running afoul of Lao secret service officers and famous spiritualists.
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