The Delightful Life of a Suicide Pilot |
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| Author:
| Cotterill, Colin |
| Narrated by:
| Chafer, Clive |
| Series title: | Dr. Siri Paiboun Mysteries Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-9800-9846-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2020 |
| Publisher: | Recorded Books, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Downloadable audio file |
| List Price: | USD $70.00 |
Book Description:
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Laos, 1981: When an unofficial mailman drops off a strange bilingual diary, Dr. Siri is intrigued. Half is in Lao,but the other half is in Japanese, which no one Siri knows can read; it appears to have been written during the SecondWorld War. Most mysterious of all, it comes with a note stapled to it: Dr. Siri, we need your help most urgently. But whois "we," and why have they left no return address?To the chagrin of his wife and friends, who have to hear him read the diary out loud,...
More DescriptionLaos, 1981: When an unofficial mailman drops off a strange bilingual diary, Dr. Siri is intrigued. Half is in Lao,but the other half is in Japanese, which no one Siri knows can read; it appears to have been written during the SecondWorld War. Most mysterious of all, it comes with a note stapled to it: Dr. Siri, we need your help most urgently. But whois "we," and why have they left no return address?To the chagrin of his wife and friends, who have to hear him read the diary out loud, Siri embarks on an investigationby examining the text. Though the journal was apparently written by a kamikaze pilot, it is surprisingly dull. Twentypages in, no one has died, and the pilot never mentions any combat at all. Despite these shortcomings, Siri begins toobsess over the diary's abrupt ending ... and the riddle of why it found its way into his hands. Did the kamikaze pilotever manage to get off the ground? To find out, he and Madame Daeng will have to hitch a ride south and uncoversome of the darkest secrets of the Second World War.