The Rat Catchers' Olympics

#12 Dr Siri Paiboun

Colin Cotterill

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Soho Press
15 July 2018

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery

The 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow is already rife with controversy, but when a Lao athlete is accused of murder, it escalates into a full blown international incident. In the twelfth entry to the series, Dr. Siri Paiboun and his quirky team of misfits are on the case in a city and country foreign to them, yet familiar in its corruption of justice.

1980: The People’s Democratic 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 the Soviet Union’s recent invasion of Afghanistan, but that has made room for athletes from countries that are usually too small or underfunded to be competitive - 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 a trip by getting them hired as medical advisers to the Olympians. Most of the athletes are young and innocent village people who have never worn running shoes, much less 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. Siri’s progress is derailed when a Lao Olympian is accused of murder.

Now in the midst of a murky international incident, Dr. Siri must navigate not one but two paranoid government machines to make sure justice is done.

By: Colin Cotterill
Imprint: Soho Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 12
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 127mm,
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9781616959494
ISBN 10: 1616959495
Pages: 1
Publication Date: 15 July 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Colin Cotterill is the author of eleven other books in the Dr. Siri Paiboun series- The Coroner's Lunch, Thirty-Three Teeth, Disco for the Departed, Anarchy and Old Dogs, Curse of the Pogo Stick, The Merry Misogynist, Love Songs from a Shallow Grave, Slash and Burn, The Woman Who Wouldn't Die, Six and a Half Deadly Sins and I Shot the Buddha. His fiction has won a Dilys Award and a CWA Dagger in the Library. He lives in Chumphon, Thailand, with his wife and five deranged dogs.

Reviews for The Rat Catchers' Olympics (#12 Dr Siri Paiboun)

Praise for The Rat-Catchers' Olympics Hilarious. --The New York Times Book Review Cotterill has a gift for tempering bad stuff--specifically, the baffling and chaotic political climate of communism circa 1980--with gently ironic humor and frequent doses of slightly kooky occultism. His books are thus a welcome balm for our own current baffling and chaotic political climate. --The Seattle Times Very entertaining. --WYSO, Ohio Public Radio The book ends with a rat-catching competition that is as bizarre as Dr. Siri's wacky sense of humor. This is a unique series. --Dayton Daily News The Dr. Siri books are by turns laugh-out-loud funny, sobering, convoluted, historical and endlessly entertaining . . . This series will have you reading (and laughing) well after most people in your household are sound asleep. --BookPage, Top Pick Praise for the Dr. Siri Paiboun Mysteries Dazzling. --The New York Times Book Review Terrifically entertaining. --The Seattle Times Unpredictable . . . Tragically funny and magically sublime. Entertainment Weekly You get a real feeling for what Laos was like in the '70s. The humor is wonderful, too. New York Post The Dr. Siri books are by turns laugh-out-loud funny, sobering, convoluted, historical and endlessly entertaining . . . This series will have you reading (and laughing) well after most people in your household are sound asleep. --BookPage, Top Pick Along with a mystery that boils over into an international incident, Cotterill gives readers a wonderful re-creation of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Village and the preparations for the Games themselves. --Booklist, Starred Review Cotterill's twisty mystery plot will entertain readers while his cast of eccentric characters charms. --Shelf-Awareness Cotterill excels in the portrayal of potentially serious and momentous topics with lighthearted humor, imbuing his characters with grace and empathy. --BookPage, Top Pick in Mystery Stunning . . . This series offers unfailingly satisfying reading . . . bursting with caustic wit and adventurous spirit. --Booklist, Starred Review Crackles with humor and overflows with eccentric characters. Droll chapter titles add an extra soupcon of mirth. --Kirkus Reviews