Tag: the coroner’s lunch

Assassination was a different matter altogether. It was personal and rude.

It’s Laos, 1976. Dr. Siri Paiboun thought he was going to be able to retire after the Communist takeover, but instead he is drafted into being the nation’s only coroner. A doctor, yes, but Siri has no training in autopsies, so he gets hold of a couple of textbooks and has his nurse/assistant/soon to be…

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“…in the twentieth century, malnutrition was a la mode.”

The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill It’s Laos, 1976. Dr. Siri Paiboun thought he was going to be able to retire after the Communist takeover, but instead he is drafted into being the nation’s only coroner. A doctor, yes, but Siri has no training in autopsies, so he gets hold of a couple of textbooks…

Read more “…in the twentieth century, malnutrition was a la mode.”