The Resource The rat catchers' olympics, Colin Cotterill
The rat catchers' olympics, Colin Cotterill
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- Summary
- "1980: The Democratic People's Republic of Laos is proud to be competing in its first-ever Olympics. Of course, half the world is boycotting the Moscow Summer Olympic Games to protest Russia's recent invasion of Afghanistan, but that has made room for athletes from countries that are usually too small or underfunded to be competitive -- countries like Laos. 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. Most of the athletes are young and innocent village people who have never worn shoes, never mind imagined anything as marvelous as the Moscow Olympic Village. As the competition heats up, however, Siri begins to suspect that one of the athletes is not who he says he is. Fearing a conspiracy, Siri and his friends investigate, liaising in secret with Inspector Phosy back home in Laos to see if the man might be an assassin. But Siri's progress is derailed when another Lao Olympian is accused of murder. Now in the midst of a murky international incident, Dr. Siri must navigate not one but two paranoid and secretive government machines to make sure justice is done"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Contents
-
- Machine generated contents note: 1.March 1980
- The Bald Eagles Have Landed
- 2.The Words of a Stupid Husband
- 3.What Exactly Is an Olympic?
- 4.To Russia with Lahp
- 5.Good Mourning
- 6.The Friends of Socialism Ball
- 7.Get Carter
- 8.It Takes a Village
- 9.Great Kelly
- 10.Luxury Penthouse, Armed Guard, French Maid
- 11.It's How You Play the Game
- 12.Enter Elvis
- 13.Asians Is Asians
- 14.The Twenty-Kilometer Amble
- 15.A Lopsided Man
- 16.Little Boxers All the Same
- 17.The Big Bang Theory
- 18.A Dozen Marx and Lenin Souvenir Wristwatches
- 19.To Catch a Rat
- 20.Closure
- Isbn
- 9781616958251
- Label
- The rat catchers' olympics
- Title
- The rat catchers' olympics
- Statement of responsibility
- Colin Cotterill
- Title variation
- rat catchers olympics
- Subject
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- trueSoviet Union
- trueSecret identity
- trueAmateur detectives
- trueAssassins
- trueBoycotts
- trueCoroners
- Coroners -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHumans and rats
- trueHusband and wife
- trueInternational intrigue
- trueLaos
- Laos -- Fiction
- trueMoscow, Russia
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueNurses
- Olympic Games, 1980, Moscow, Russia -- Fiction
- trueOlympic games
- Paiboun, Siri, Doctor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- truePaiboun, Siri, Doctor (Fictitious character)
- trueSports medicine
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "1980: The Democratic People's Republic of Laos is proud to be competing in its first-ever Olympics. Of course, half the world is boycotting the Moscow Summer Olympic Games to protest Russia's recent invasion of Afghanistan, but that has made room for athletes from countries that are usually too small or underfunded to be competitive -- countries like Laos. 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. Most of the athletes are young and innocent village people who have never worn shoes, never mind imagined anything as marvelous as the Moscow Olympic Village. As the competition heats up, however, Siri begins to suspect that one of the athletes is not who he says he is. Fearing a conspiracy, Siri and his friends investigate, liaising in secret with Inspector Phosy back home in Laos to see if the man might be an assassin. But Siri's progress is derailed when another Lao Olympian is accused of murder. Now in the midst of a murky international incident, Dr. Siri must navigate not one but two paranoid and secretive government machines to make sure justice is done"--
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10572954
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cotterill, Colin
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- A Dr. Siri Paiboun mystery
- Series volume
- [12]
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Paiboun, Siri
- Olympic Games
- Coroners
- Murder
- Laos
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The rat catchers' olympics, Colin Cotterill
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.March 1980 -- The Bald Eagles Have Landed -- 2.The Words of a Stupid Husband -- 3.What Exactly Is an Olympic? -- 4.To Russia with Lahp -- 5.Good Mourning -- 6.The Friends of Socialism Ball -- 7.Get Carter -- 8.It Takes a Village -- 9.Great Kelly -- 10.Luxury Penthouse, Armed Guard, French Maid -- 11.It's How You Play the Game -- 12.Enter Elvis -- 13.Asians Is Asians -- 14.The Twenty-Kilometer Amble -- 15.A Lopsided Man -- 16.Little Boxers All the Same -- 17.The Big Bang Theory -- 18.A Dozen Marx and Lenin Souvenir Wristwatches -- 19.To Catch a Rat -- 20.Closure
- Control code
- 000059540583
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616958251
- Lccn
- 2016057429
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)964299855
- Label
- The rat catchers' olympics, 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
- Machine generated contents note: 1.March 1980 -- The Bald Eagles Have Landed -- 2.The Words of a Stupid Husband -- 3.What Exactly Is an Olympic? -- 4.To Russia with Lahp -- 5.Good Mourning -- 6.The Friends of Socialism Ball -- 7.Get Carter -- 8.It Takes a Village -- 9.Great Kelly -- 10.Luxury Penthouse, Armed Guard, French Maid -- 11.It's How You Play the Game -- 12.Enter Elvis -- 13.Asians Is Asians -- 14.The Twenty-Kilometer Amble -- 15.A Lopsided Man -- 16.Little Boxers All the Same -- 17.The Big Bang Theory -- 18.A Dozen Marx and Lenin Souvenir Wristwatches -- 19.To Catch a Rat -- 20.Closure
- Control code
- 000059540583
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616958251
- Lccn
- 2016057429
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)964299855
Subject
- trueSoviet Union
- trueSecret identity
- trueAmateur detectives
- trueAssassins
- trueBoycotts
- trueCoroners
- Coroners -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHumans and rats
- trueHusband and wife
- trueInternational intrigue
- trueLaos
- Laos -- Fiction
- trueMoscow, Russia
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueNurses
- Olympic Games, 1980, Moscow, Russia -- Fiction
- trueOlympic games
- Paiboun, Siri, Doctor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- truePaiboun, Siri, Doctor (Fictitious character)
- trueSports medicine
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