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Fieldwork

Mischa Berlinski

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Fieldwork was shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction. 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. 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?

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Publisher
Tantor Media
Year
2007
ISBN-13
9780374299163
Genre
Crime & ThrillerFiction
Topics
Murder and obsessionAnthropology and cultural clashMissionaries and religion in Thailand

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