{"product_id":"thirtythree-teeth","title":"Thirty-Three Teeth","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for Cotterills The Coroners Lunch:  This series kickoff is an embarrassment of riches: Holmesian sleuthing  political satire and droll comic study of a prickly late bloomer.Kirkus Reviews (starred review)  The Coroners Lunch is marvelous. The setting may be unique in Western fiction  and the characters are unique to themselves. Sweet but not sappy  offbeat but not self-conscious about it  this book doesnt so much pull you in as open a door and let you walk happily through. Fans of Alexander McCall Smiths books will love this one.S. J. Rozan  author of Absent Friends  The Coroners Lunch is a satisfying feast for the mind.Rebecca Pawel  author of Death of a Nationalist  winner of the 2004 Edgar Award for Best First Novel  The national coroner of Laos  Dr. Siri Paiboun  is no respecter of persons or party; at his advanced age he can afford to be independent. With the assistance of his helpers  the mentally retarded Mr. Geung and Nurse Dtui (Fatty)who has dubbed him Super Spirit Doche elucidates the causes of mysterious deaths. But he also communes with the deposed king  whose special channel to the occult has left him  and attends a conference of shamans called by the Communist government to give the spirits an ultimatum: obey party orders or get out.  Colin Cotterill was born in London in 1952. He has taught in Australia  the United States and Japan and has lived in Thailand  on the Burmese border  and in Laos. For the last several years he has worked for UNICEF and local non-governmental agencies to prevent child prostitution and to rehabilitate abused children. He lives in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand.  For more information  visit www.colincotterill.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984897830965,"sku":"ByrdShop_1569473889","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781569473887.jpg?v=1770842573","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/thirtythree-teeth","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}