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008			101210s2007 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a2006049651
020			_a9781569475010
050	0	0	_aPR6053.O778 _bA85 2007
082	0	0	_aMYS COT
100	1		_aCotterill, Colin.
245	1	0	_aAnarchy and old dogs _c/ Colin Cotterill
260			_aNew York _b: Soho Press _c, c2007.
300			_aviii, 272 p. _c; 20 cm.
500			_aFourth book in the series.
520			_aA blind retired dentist has been run down by a logging truck on the street in Vientiane just opposite the post office. His body is duly delivered to the morgue of Dr. Siri Paiboun, the official and only coroner of Laos. At the age of seventy-four, Dr. Siri is too old to be in awe of the new communist bureaucrats for whom he now works. He identifies the corpse, helped by the letter in the man's pocket. But first he must decipher it; it is written in code and invisible ink. The dentist's widow explains that the enigmatic letters and numbers describe chess moves, but they are unlike any chess symbols Siri has previously encountered. With the help of his old friend, Civilai, now a senior member of the Laos politburo; Nurse Dtui (Fatty); Phosy, a police officer; and Aunt Bpoo, a transvestite fortune-teller, Dr. Siri solves the mystery of the note and foils a plot to overthrow the government of Laos.
650		0	_aPaiboun, Siri, Doctor (Fictitious character) _v--Fiction.
650		0	_aCoroners _v--Fiction.
650			_aPhysicians _v-Fiction
650		0	_aOlder people _x--Fiction
651		0	_aLaos _v--Fiction.
655		7	_aMedical novels
655		7	_aMystery fiction
942			_cMO
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