by Mischa Berlinski (Author)
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?
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Main
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 01 Jun 2009
ISBN 10: 1843547651
ISBN 13: 9781843547655
Book Overview: 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