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Nightmare Range

The Collected Sueno and Bascom Short Stories

Martin Limon

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English
SOHO PRESS, INC
15 May 2014
""Lim n, who was stationed in Korea for the Army, writes with empathy for the Korean people as well for the young GIs dropped into a foreign culture.""-Boston Globe

Twenty years ago, Martin Lim n published his first mystery story

featuring Sergeant George Sueno, a young Mexican American army detective

stationed on the US 8th Army base in South Korea in the early 1970s,

the heart of the Cold War. George and his investigating partner, the

rowdy and short-fused Sergeant Ernie Bascom, are assigned cases in which

the 8th Army has come into conflict with local Korean law

enforcement--often incidents in which American soldiers, who are not

known for being on their best behavior in their Asian host country, have

committed a crime. George Sueno's job is partially to solve crimes, but

mostly to cover top brass's backside and make sure the US Army doesn't

look bad. Thoughtful, observant George, who is conversant in Korean,

constantly faces difficult choices about whether to follow his orders or

his conscience.

Nine critically acclaimed novels later, Soho

Crime is releasing a collection of Martin Lim n's award-winning short

stories featuring Sergeants Sueno and Bascom. The stories within have

been published over the last twenty years in a variety of magazines,

mostly in Alfred Hitchcock, but have never before been available

in book form.
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Imprint:   SOHO PRESS, INC
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 191mm,  Width: 127mm,  Spine: 33mm
Weight:   292g
ISBN:   9781616953348
ISBN 10:   1616953349
Pages:   388
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Martin Lim n retired from military service after twenty years in the US Army, including ten years in Korea. He is the author of seven previous books in the Sergeant George Sueno series- Jade Lady Burning, Slicky Boys, Buddha's Money, The Door to Bitterness, The Wandering Ghost, GI Bones, Mr. Kill, and The Joy Brigade. He lives in Seattle.

Reviews for Nightmare Range: The Collected Sueno and Bascom Short Stories

Praise for Nightmare Range Limon has proven himself to be a sensitive observer of the darker angelsof human nature and a skilled weaver of mystery . . . It s Limon s intimateknowledge of his source material, from the brothels and bars to the vicissitudesof the local police forces, that make this collection worth reading. NPR Limon, who was stationed in Korea for the Army, writes with empathy for the Korean people as well for the young GIs dropped into a foreign culture. Boston Globe Martin Limon gets the U.S. Army right on every page: the language, thedetails of assignment and training, the subtle differences of rank, the drinkingand gambling, all of it. The Veteran Praise for Martin Limon's Sergeant George Sueno series [Combines] the grim routine of a modern police procedural with the cliff-hanging action of a thriller movie. Wall Street Journal Nobody navigates the barely controlled chaos of Seoul's red light district like these two or the byzantine ways of Army bureaucracy, for that matter. Limon's empathy for Korean culture, meanwhile, makes him and excellent guide. Seattle Times Excellent . . . A vivid view of Asia, from the Demilitarized Zone to the Yellow Sea, and an insightful look at the era. Publishers Weekly, Starred Review


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