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The delightful life of a suicide pilot, Colin Cotterill

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"Laos, 1981: When an unofficial mailman drops off a strange bilingual diary, Dr. Siri is intrigued. Half is in Lao, but the other half is in Japanese, which no one Siri knows can read; it appears to have been written during the Second World War. Most mysterious of all, it comes with a note stapled to it: Dr. Siri, we need your help most urgently. But who is 'we', and why have they left no return address? To the chagrin of his wife and friends, who have to hear him read the diary out loud, Siri embarks on an investigation by examining the text. Though the journal was apparently written by a kamikaze pilot, it is surprisingly dull. Twenty pages in, no one has even died, and the pilot never mentions any combat at all. Despite these shortcomings, Siri begins to obsess over the diary's abrupt ending and the riddle of why it ended up in his hands. Did the kamikaze pilot ever manage to get off the ground? To find out, he and Madame Daeng will have to hitch a ride to Thailand and uncover some of the darkest secrets of the Second World War."--
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eng
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Extent
279 pages
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Contents
  • Every Body Has a Story to Tell
  • My Friends Call Me Toshi
  • Creative Writing
  • Tales of the Riverbank
  • The Pole Jumper
  • How Does She Smell?
  • Making Woophi
  • The Morning after with an Orangutan
  • The Kyoko Protocol
  • Enthusiasm is a Hard Lie to Keep Up
  • Dear Comrade Pilot
  • Empirical Evidence
  • An Adorable Alcoholic
  • Feet Never Lie
  • The Tunnel of Love
  • Well, Blow Me Down
  • Yokai
  • Major Depression
  • The Belts Tighten
  • The Case of Beer
  • Defeat Can Be Confusing
  • Wish You Were Here
  • Silence Is Golden
  • The Torn Pages
  • Tomorrow I Rise
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9781641291774
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The delightful life of a suicide pilot
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The delightful life of a suicide pilot
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Colin Cotterill
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Language
eng
Summary
"Laos, 1981: When an unofficial mailman drops off a strange bilingual diary, Dr. Siri is intrigued. Half is in Lao, but the other half is in Japanese, which no one Siri knows can read; it appears to have been written during the Second World War. Most mysterious of all, it comes with a note stapled to it: Dr. Siri, we need your help most urgently. But who is 'we', and why have they left no return address? To the chagrin of his wife and friends, who have to hear him read the diary out loud, Siri embarks on an investigation by examining the text. Though the journal was apparently written by a kamikaze pilot, it is surprisingly dull. Twenty pages in, no one has even died, and the pilot never mentions any combat at all. Despite these shortcomings, Siri begins to obsess over the diary's abrupt ending and the riddle of why it ended up in his hands. Did the kamikaze pilot ever manage to get off the ground? To find out, he and Madame Daeng will have to hitch a ride to Thailand and uncover some of the darkest secrets of the Second World War."--
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Cotterill, Colin
Dewey number
823/.914
Index
no index present
LC call number
PR6053.O778
LC item number
D45 2020
Literary form
fiction
Series statement
A Dr. Siri Paiboun investigation set in Laos
Series volume
[15]
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  • Paiboun, Siri
  • Coroners
  • Police
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Nineteen eighties
  • Laos
  • Thailand
  • Police
  • Nineteen eighties
  • Coroners
  • Laos
  • Southeast Asia
  • Thailand
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The delightful life of a suicide pilot, Colin Cotterill
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rdacontent
Contents
Every Body Has a Story to Tell -- My Friends Call Me Toshi -- Creative Writing -- Tales of the Riverbank -- The Pole Jumper -- How Does She Smell? -- Making Woophi -- The Morning after with an Orangutan -- The Kyoko Protocol -- Enthusiasm is a Hard Lie to Keep Up -- Dear Comrade Pilot -- Empirical Evidence -- An Adorable Alcoholic -- Feet Never Lie -- The Tunnel of Love -- Well, Blow Me Down -- Yokai -- Major Depression -- The Belts Tighten -- The Case of Beer -- Defeat Can Be Confusing -- Wish You Were Here -- Silence Is Golden -- The Torn Pages -- Tomorrow I Rise
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on1119520144
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
279 pages
Isbn
9781641291774
Lccn
2019051328
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
Label
The delightful life of a suicide pilot, Colin Cotterill
Publication
Copyright
Note
Series numeration from www.goodreads.com
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Every Body Has a Story to Tell -- My Friends Call Me Toshi -- Creative Writing -- Tales of the Riverbank -- The Pole Jumper -- How Does She Smell? -- Making Woophi -- The Morning after with an Orangutan -- The Kyoko Protocol -- Enthusiasm is a Hard Lie to Keep Up -- Dear Comrade Pilot -- Empirical Evidence -- An Adorable Alcoholic -- Feet Never Lie -- The Tunnel of Love -- Well, Blow Me Down -- Yokai -- Major Depression -- The Belts Tighten -- The Case of Beer -- Defeat Can Be Confusing -- Wish You Were Here -- Silence Is Golden -- The Torn Pages -- Tomorrow I Rise
Control code
on1119520144
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
279 pages
Isbn
9781641291774
Lccn
2019051328
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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