Rat Catchers' Olympics, The A Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery #12 - Softcover

Cotterill, Colin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1616959495 ISBN 13: 9781616959494

Publisher: Soho Press, 2018

Synopsis

1980: The Democratic People's Republic of Laos is proud to be competing in its first-ever Olympics. Ex-national coroner of Laos Dr. Siri Paiboun may be retired, but he and his wife, Madame Daeng, would do just about anything to have a chance to visit Moscow, so Siri finagles them the job of medical oversight for the Olympians. As the competition heats up, Siri begins to suspect that one of the athletes is not who he says he is, fearing the man might be an assassin. When another Olympian is accused of murder, Dr. Siri investigates...

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Review:

Praise for The Rat-Catchers' Olympics

"Hilarious."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Cotterill has a gift for tempering bad stuff--specifically, the baffling and chaotic political climate of communism circa 1980--with gently ironic humor and frequent doses of slightly kooky occultism. His books are thus a welcome balm for our own current baffling and chaotic political climate."
--The Seattle Times

"Very entertaining."
--WYSO, Ohio Public Radio

"The book ends with a rat-catching competition that is as bizarre as Dr. Siri's wacky sense of humor. This is a unique series."
--Dayton Daily News

"The Dr. Siri books are by turns laugh-out-loud funny, sobering, convoluted, historical and endlessly entertaining . . . This series will have you reading (and laughing) well after most people in your household are sound asleep."
--BookPage, Top Pick

Praise for the Dr. Siri Paiboun Mysteries

"Dazzling."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Terrifically entertaining."
--The Seattle Times

"Unpredictable . . . Tragically funny and magically sublime."
─Entertainment Weekly

"You get a real feeling for what Laos was like in the '70s. The humor is wonderful, too."
─New York Post

"The Dr. Siri books are by turns laugh-out-loud funny, sobering, convoluted, historical and endlessly entertaining . . . This series will have you reading (and laughing) well after most people in your household are sound asleep."
--BookPage, Top Pick

"Along with a mystery that boils over into an international incident, Cotterill gives readers a wonderful re-creation of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Village and the preparations for the Games themselves."
--Booklist, Starred Review

"Cotterill's twisty mystery plot will entertain readers while his cast of eccentric characters charms."
--Shelf-Awareness

"Cotterill excels in the portrayal of potentially serious and momentous topics with lighthearted humor, imbuing his characters with grace and empathy."
--BookPage, Top Pick in Mystery

"Stunning . . . This series offers unfailingly satisfying reading . . . bursting with caustic wit and adventurous spirit."
--Booklist, Starred Review

"Crackles with humor and overflows with eccentric characters. Droll chapter titles add an extra soupcon of mirth."
--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Colin Cotterill is the author of eleven other books in the Dr. Siri Paiboun series: The Coroner's Lunch, Thirty-Three Teeth, Disco for the Departed, Anarchy and Old Dogs, Curse of the Pogo Stick, The Merry Misogynist, Love Songs from a Shallow Grave, Slash and Burn, The Woman Who Wouldn't Die, Six and a Half Deadly Sins and I Shot the Buddha. His fiction has won a Dilys Award and a CWA Dagger in the Library. He lives in Chumphon, Thailand, with his wife and five deranged dogs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Soho Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1616959495
• ISBN 13: 9781616959494
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1