The Resource The coroner's lunch, Colin Cotterill
The coroner's lunch, Colin Cotterill
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- Summary
- The Communist Pathet Lao has taken over this former French colony. Most of the educated class has fled, but Dr. Siri Paiboun, a Paris-trained doctor whose late wife had been an ardent Communist, remains. And so this 72-year-old physician is appointed state coroner, despite the fact that he has no training or even supplies to use in performing his new task. What he does have is curiosity and integrity. At his age he is not about to let a bunch of ignorant bureaucrats dictate to him. One of his first cases involves three bodies recovered from a reservoir, but Dr. Siri establishes that the cause of death was not drowning. These men seem to have been electrocuted, perhaps tortured, and they also seem to be Vietnamese, which could have international repercussions. And then there is the inexplicable death of a Party bigwig's equally important wife. She collapsed and died at a banquet. But Dr. Siri doesn't think her death was from natural causes. In the course of his investigations, Dr. Siri must travel to his birthplace, a Hmong village he has not visited for more than 60 years, where he makes a profound discovery, not only about the motive for several murders, but about himself
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 257 pages
- Contents
-
- 3
- The Boatman's Requiem
- 62
- 4
- Tran the Elder
- 71
- 5
- The Chicken Counter
- 79
- 6
- People's Democratic Republic of Laos, October 1976
- Autopsy Envy
- 95
- 7
- The Pathological Rebel
- 101
- 8
- A Little Fishing Trip
- 105
- 9
- Assassination
- 1
- 113
- 10
- To Khamuan by Yak
- 123
- 11
- The Exorcist's Assistant
- 146
- 12
- A Fear of Landing
- 161
- 1
- 13
- Time to Kill
- 165
- 14
- The Hairdresser's Bruise
- 179
- 15
- Succubus Terminal
- 191
- 16
- Vientiane, Two Weeks Later
- Death by Intercourse
- 194
- 17
- The Disappearing Room
- 202
- 18
- A Hospital Without Doctors
- 210
- 19
- Talking to Dead People
- 3
- 217
- 20
- How to Miss the That Luang Festival
- 224
- 21
- The Other Case
- 236
- 22
- Thrice Dead
- 241
- 2
- 23
- The Dead Coroner's Lunch
- 245
- 24
- Just When You Think It's All Over ...
- 254
- Comrade Kham's Wife
- 26
- Isbn
- 9781569474181
- Label
- The coroner's lunch
- Title
- The coroner's lunch
- Statement of responsibility
- Colin Cotterill
- Subject
-
- Coroners -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Detective and mystery stories
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Laos
- Laos -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Older people
- Older people -- Fiction
- Paiboun, Siri, Doctor (Fictitious character)
- Paiboun, Siri, Doctor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Physicians
- Physicians -- Fiction
- Coroners
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Communist Pathet Lao has taken over this former French colony. Most of the educated class has fled, but Dr. Siri Paiboun, a Paris-trained doctor whose late wife had been an ardent Communist, remains. And so this 72-year-old physician is appointed state coroner, despite the fact that he has no training or even supplies to use in performing his new task. What he does have is curiosity and integrity. At his age he is not about to let a bunch of ignorant bureaucrats dictate to him. One of his first cases involves three bodies recovered from a reservoir, but Dr. Siri establishes that the cause of death was not drowning. These men seem to have been electrocuted, perhaps tortured, and they also seem to be Vietnamese, which could have international repercussions. And then there is the inexplicable death of a Party bigwig's equally important wife. She collapsed and died at a banquet. But Dr. Siri doesn't think her death was from natural causes. In the course of his investigations, Dr. Siri must travel to his birthplace, a Hmong village he has not visited for more than 60 years, where he makes a profound discovery, not only about the motive for several murders, but about himself
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cotterill, Colin
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6053.O778
- LC item number
- C67 2004
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Paiboun, Siri
- Older people
- Physicians
- Coroners
- Laos
- Paiboun, Siri
- Coroners
- Older people
- Physicians
- Laos
- Historical fiction
- Label
- The coroner's lunch, Colin Cotterill
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 3
- The Boatman's Requiem
- 62
- 4
- Tran the Elder
- 71
- 5
- The Chicken Counter
- 79
- 6
- People's Democratic Republic of Laos, October 1976
- Autopsy Envy
- 95
- 7
- The Pathological Rebel
- 101
- 8
- A Little Fishing Trip
- 105
- 9
- Assassination
- 1
- 113
- 10
- To Khamuan by Yak
- 123
- 11
- The Exorcist's Assistant
- 146
- 12
- A Fear of Landing
- 161
- 1
- 13
- Time to Kill
- 165
- 14
- The Hairdresser's Bruise
- 179
- 15
- Succubus Terminal
- 191
- 16
- Vientiane, Two Weeks Later
- Death by Intercourse
- 194
- 17
- The Disappearing Room
- 202
- 18
- A Hospital Without Doctors
- 210
- 19
- Talking to Dead People
- 3
- 217
- 20
- How to Miss the That Luang Festival
- 224
- 21
- The Other Case
- 236
- 22
- Thrice Dead
- 241
- 2
- 23
- The Dead Coroner's Lunch
- 245
- 24
- Just When You Think It's All Over ...
- 254
- Comrade Kham's Wife
- 26
- Control code
- ocm54960595
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9781569474181
- Lccn
- 2004048191
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9781569473764
- Label
- The coroner's lunch, Colin Cotterill
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 3
- The Boatman's Requiem
- 62
- 4
- Tran the Elder
- 71
- 5
- The Chicken Counter
- 79
- 6
- People's Democratic Republic of Laos, October 1976
- Autopsy Envy
- 95
- 7
- The Pathological Rebel
- 101
- 8
- A Little Fishing Trip
- 105
- 9
- Assassination
- 1
- 113
- 10
- To Khamuan by Yak
- 123
- 11
- The Exorcist's Assistant
- 146
- 12
- A Fear of Landing
- 161
- 1
- 13
- Time to Kill
- 165
- 14
- The Hairdresser's Bruise
- 179
- 15
- Succubus Terminal
- 191
- 16
- Vientiane, Two Weeks Later
- Death by Intercourse
- 194
- 17
- The Disappearing Room
- 202
- 18
- A Hospital Without Doctors
- 210
- 19
- Talking to Dead People
- 3
- 217
- 20
- How to Miss the That Luang Festival
- 224
- 21
- The Other Case
- 236
- 22
- Thrice Dead
- 241
- 2
- 23
- The Dead Coroner's Lunch
- 245
- 24
- Just When You Think It's All Over ...
- 254
- Comrade Kham's Wife
- 26
- Control code
- ocm54960595
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9781569474181
- Lccn
- 2004048191
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9781569473764
Subject
- Coroners -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Detective and mystery stories
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Laos
- Laos -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Older people
- Older people -- Fiction
- Paiboun, Siri, Doctor (Fictitious character)
- Paiboun, Siri, Doctor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Physicians
- Physicians -- Fiction
- Coroners
Genre
- Detective and mystery stories
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
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