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A Corpse in the Koryo: Inspector O Novels

Autor James Church
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 sep 2007
"On the surface, A Corpse in the Koryo is a crackling good mystery novel, filled with unusual characters involved in a complex plot that keeps you guessing to the end."
---Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post 
  
One of Publishers Weekly Top 100 Books of 2006
One of Booklist’s Best Genre Fiction of 2006
One of the Chicago Tribune’s best mystery/thrillers of 2006
 
Sit on a quiet hillside at dawn among the wildflowers; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway from the south.
         Simple orders for Inspector O, until he realizes they have led him far, far off his department’s turf and into a maelstrom of betrayal and death. North Korea’s leaders are desperate to hunt down and eliminate anyone who knows too much about a series of decade’s-old kidnappings and murders---and Inspector O discovers too late he has been sent into the chaos. This is a world where nothing works as it should, where the crimes of the past haunt the present, and where even the shadows are real.
         Author James Church weaves a story with beautifully spare prose and layered descriptions of a country and a people he knows by heart after decades as an intelligence officer.
 
“. . . an outstanding crime novel. . . . a not-to-be-missed reading experience. ”
---Library Journal (starred)
 
“Inspector O is completely believable and sympathetic . . . The writing is superb, too . . . richly layered and visually evocative.”
---Booklist (starred)
 
“. . . an impressive debut that calls to mind such mystery thrillers as Martin Cruz Smith’s Gorky Park. . . .”
---Publishers Weekly (starred)
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780312374310
ISBN-10: 0312374313
Pagini: 280
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 141 x 211 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Minotaur Books
Seria Inspector O Novels

Locul publicării:United States

Notă biografică

James Church (pseudonym) is a former Western intelligence officer with decades of experience in Asia.

Recenzii

"This is a fine, intelligent, and exciting story that takes us into the netherworld of contemporary North Korean communism. It evokes the gray milieu without ever overstepping its mark, allowing us to see it from the inside rather than the outside, wherein the humanity of all the characters, both good and evil, is apparent. Inspector O is a particularly wonderful creation, a true mensch attempting to hold on to his humanity in a world where humanism is under constant attack. Subtlety is the method, and the result is fantastic work that should mark the beginning of a brilliant career for James Church." ---Olen Steinhauer, author of "Liberation Movements" "For over fifty years Americans have tried to understand the world of North Korea. James Church does a better job of describing the isolated, impoverished, corrupt, and out- of-touch life in the North than anything I have seen. This novel is a must-read for anyone who would understand how precarious the dictatorship is."---Newt Gingrich, author of "Winning Back the Future" and "Never Call Retreat" "A gripping story of mystery and intrigue. The laconic Inspector O follows in the traditions of Inspector Arkady Renko, operating in a world of complexity and danger we're meeting here for the first time." ---Don Oberdorfer, author of "Tet!" "Church's debut thriller breaks new ground. O is an original. This is an expert take on a complex, brutal, and mystifying society. Immerse yourself in it." ---Marshall Browne, author of "Eye of the Abyss" and the Inspector Anders series ""The Corpse in the Koryo" is a spellbinder. Bloody and chilling, yet subtle in its psychological detail, with an amazing understanding of North Korea." ---Ezra F. Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University Asia Center "The (pseudonymous) author, a veteran intelligence officer, has intimate knowledge of Asian life and politics, and it shows: He gives the North Kore

Descriere

Church weaves a story with beautifully spare prose and layered descriptions of a country and a people he knows well after decades as an intelligence officer. This chilling portrayal leaves readers wondering if what at first seems unknowable may simply be too familiar for comfort.