A Corpse in the Koryo
A Fiction, Spy Thriller, Crime book. You never know what they mean until you hear what they don't say. James Church, A Corpse in...
Against the backdrop of a totalitarian North Korea, one man unwillingly uncovers the truth behind series of murders, and wagers his life in the process.Sit on a quiet hillside at dawn among the wildflowers; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway from the south. Simple orders for Inspector O, until he realizes they have led him...
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- Pages: 288 pages
- ISBN: 9781429936552 / 0
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You never know what they mean until you hear what they don't say. James Church, A Corpse in the Koryo //
Short and quick, but the plot didn't tug me a long like my favorite thrillers. What I enjoyed most about this book was the setting. North Korea is an interesting place that is often confusing for both the protagonist and the (western) reader. Still, it was like peaking behind the curtain and seeing an area that you aren't supposed to.... I can see why the reviews are all over the place for this book - it's definitely not your typical mystery, though the more I think on it, the more I wonder if that's not a misclassification anyway. Koryo is by any measure one weird hybrid of a book. With the intrigue and politics it's easy to think of John Le Carre, and the dark richness... A murder mystery that takes place in North Korea. Caught my eye when I read a positive review of the book in the Washington Post by one of their intelligence reporters (either Pincus or Kessler. Can't remember which). But this book was so darned slow that I began to think I was the murder victim - or wished that I was. Worse yet, if...
