A Corpse in the Koryo - First Edition - JamesChurch
Against the backdrop of a totalitarian NorthKorea, one man unwillingly uncovers the truth behind series of murders, andwagers his life in the process.
Sit on a quiet hillside at dawn among thewildflowers; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway from thesouth. Simple orders for Inspector O, until he realizes they have led him far,far off his departments turf and into a maelstrom of betrayal and death. NorthKoreas leaders are desperate to hunt down and eliminate anyone who knows toomuch about a series of decades-old kidnappings and murders---and Inspector Odiscovers too late he has been sent into the chaos.
This is a world where nothing works as itshould, where the crimes of the past haunt the present, and where even theshadows are real. A corpse in Pyongyangs main hotel---the Koryo---pulls InspectorO into a confrontation of bad choices between the devils he knows and those hedoesnt want to meet. A blue button on the floor of a hotel closet, an ice blueFinnish lake, and desperate efforts by the North Korean leadership setInspector O on a journey to the edge of a reality he almost cant survive.
Like Philip Kerrs Berlin Noir trilogy and theInspector Arkady Renko novels, A Corpse in the Koryo introduces anotherunfamiliar world, a perplexing universe seemingly so alien that the rules arean enigma to the reader and even, sometimes, to Inspector O. Author JamesChurch weaves a story with beautifully spare prose and layered descriptions ofa country and a people he knows by heart after decades as an intelligenceofficer. This is a chilling portrayal that, in the end, leaves us wondering ifwhat at first seemed unknowable may simply be too familiar for comfort.
*Synopsis from blurb.
- Hard Cover. Condition: Fine.
- Gray cloth covered boards. Corners intact. Minimum shelf wear, board edges slightly faded on the top and spine ends. Text block intact. Very Good condition. Silver titling on spine.
- Contents are clean, clear and bright.
- Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Minimal shelf wear, some marks and scuffing but very light.
- Published by Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur, New York, 2006, 1st Edition.
- Binding Condition: Fine.
- Overall Condition: Fine.
- Size: Duodecimo (12mo), 215 mm X 147 mm X 23 mm.
- 280 pages.
- 978-0312352080
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