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Bezig met laden... The Godfather of Kathmandu (2010)door John Burdett
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Crime Sonchai Jitpleecheep is called to investigate the sensational killing of a famous Hollywood director, and becomes embroiled in a major heroin trafficking deal between his Thai police boss, his primary competitor (a Thai Army general), and a Tibetan Buddhist mystic. Meanwhile, Sonchai suffers a personal tragedy and is looking for meaning from the mystic, a Tibetan party girl, and a Chinese-Thai high society lady with unparalleled pharmacology expertise. This book is a letdown from the prior ones because the story is convoluted, disjointed, unbelievable, and perverse. Also, the continued and pejorative addressing the reader as farang was condescending, unnecessary and annoying. I sure hope the last book (#5) is better. We 'farang' often have a hard time accepting that our understanding of Thai culture is fragmented - Burdett helps us along and also gives us unique insight into the seedier sides of Bangkok. The investigating and detecting are both supplementary to Burdett's gift for characterization. Having lived in Bangkok for four years, I can say Burdett gives the reader a very accurate glimpse into the city and the Thai perspective.
Maybe it's the deviation from the title scheme, or Sonchai's tempered arrogance ("Confession: I provoked the world and the world turned on me.") or Burdett's increasing comfort pushing against genre constraints, but The Godfather of Kathmandu comes the closest to its idealized overall objective. In doing so it more or less inverts the traditional crime narrative, fully relegating the story's so-called inciting force of murder behind Sonchai's overt search for personal redemption. Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)
Sonchai Jitpleecheep--John Burdett's inimitable Royal Thai Police detective with the hard-bitten demeanor and the Buddhist soul--is summoned to the most shocking and intriguing crime scene of his career. Solving the murder could mean a promotion, but Sonchai, reeling from a personal tragedy, is more interested in Tietsin, an exiled Tibetan lama based in Kathmandu who has become his guru--and has forty million dollars' worth of heroin for sale. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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