Fieldwork

When his girlfriend takes a job in Thailand, Mischa goes along for the ride, planning only to enjoy himself as much as possible. But when he hears about the suicide of a young woman, Martiya van der Leun, in the Thai prison where she was serving a life sentence for murder, what begins as mild curiosity becomes an obsession. It is clear that Martiya was guilty, but what was it that led her to kill?

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Mischa Berlinski was born in New York in 1973. He studied classics at the University of California at Berkeley and at Columbia University. He has worked as a journalist in Thailand. Visit his website at www.berlinski.com/mischa.

Zusammenfassung

Set in Thailand, a brilliantly original and page-turning first novel of anthropologists, missionaries, demon possession, sexual taboos, murder, and one obsessed young American reporter. 'This is storytelling of the highest quality: richly entertaining, intelligent and anchored in a deep sense of humanity.' Tash Aw, Guardian

Vorwort

Set in Thailand, a brilliantly original and page-turning first novel of anthropologists, missionaries, demon possession, sexual taboos, murder, and one obsessed young American reporter.

'This is storytelling of the highest quality: richly entertaining, intelligent and anchored in a deep sense of humanity.' Tash Aw, Guardian

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mischa Berlinski, Mischa (Author) Berlinski
• Verlag: Atlantic Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 20.05.2009
• EAN: 9781843547655
• ISBN: 978-1-84354-765-5
• Seiten: 320
• Gewicht: 314 g
• Illustration: n/a
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Romance, FICTION / Thrillers / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Thriller / suspense fiction, Fiction: general and literary