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SUMMARY:FOREIGN INTRIGUE BOOK CLUB: A Corpse in the Koryo
DESCRIPTION:At Books Inc. Laurel Village. Do you like to travel? Experien
 ce a country through the eyes of a local? Try the food of another countr
 y? Join the Foreign Intrigue Book Club at Books Inc. Laurel Village! Mee
 ts on the third Tuesday of the month.This month we're reading A Corpse i
 n the Koryo by James Church. Sit on a quiet hillside at dawn among the w
 ildflowers\; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway from t
 he south.Simple orders for Inspector O\, until he realizes they have led
  him far\, far off his department's turf and into a maelstrom of betraya
 l and death. North Korea's leaders are desperate to hunt down and elimin
 ate anyone who knows too much about a series of decade's-old kidnappings
  and murders---and Inspector O discovers too late he has been sent into 
 the chaos. This is a world where nothing works as it should\, where the 
 crimes of the past haunt the present\, and where even the shadows are re
 al.Author James Church weaves a story with beautifully spare prose and l
 ayered descriptions of a country and a people he knows by heart after de
 cades as an intelligence officer.". . . an outstanding crime novel. . . 
 . a not-to-be-missed reading experience. "---Library Journal (starred)"I
 nspector O is completely believable and sympathetic. . . The writing is 
 superb\, too. . . richly layered and visually evocative."---Booklist (st
 arred)". . . an impressive debut that calls to mind such mystery thrille
 rs as Martin Cruz Smith's Gorky Park. . . ."---Publishers Weekly (starre
 d)\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/2181492c-80c4-49ff-b129-0f8fa704
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LOCATION:Books Inc.\, 2251 Chestnut St
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