{"product_id":"bamboo-and-blood","title":"Bamboo and Blood","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBamboo and Blood\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJames Church\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780312601294\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMinotaur Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eA Corpse in the Koryo \u003c\/i\u003ebrought readers into the enigmatic workings of North Korean intelligence with the introduction of a new kind of detective---the mysterious Inspector O. In the follow-up, \u003ci\u003eHidden Moon, \u003c\/i\u003e O threaded his way through the minefield of North Korean ministries into a larger conspiracy he was never supposed to touch. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow the inspector returns . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the winter of 1997, trying to stay alive during a famine that has devastated much of North Korea, Inspector O is ordered to play host to an Israeli agent who appears in Pyongyang. When the wife of a North Korean diplomat in Pakistan dies under suspicious circumstances, O is told to investigate, with a curious proviso: Don't look too closely at the details, and stay away from the question of missiles. O knows he can't avoid finding out what he is supposed to ignore on a trail that leads him from the dark, chilly rooms of Pyongyang to an abandoned secret facility deep in the countryside, guarded by a lonely general; and from the streets of New York to a bench beneath a horse chestnut tree on the shores of Lake Geneva, where the Inspector discovers he is up to his ears in missiles---and worse. Stalked by the past and wary of the future, O is convinced there is no one he can trust, and no one he can't suspect. Swiss intelligence wants him out of the country; someone else wants him dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce again, James Church's spare, lyrical prose guides readers through an unfamiliar landscape of whispered words and shadows, a world wrapped in a level of mystery and complexity that few outsiders have experienced. With Inspector O, noir has a new home in North Korea, and James Church holds the keys.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Bamboo and Blood | James Church | Paperback | 9780312601294 | Used: Very Good | Mystery 1634539","offer_id":50705098604802,"sku":"1634539","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81XnDdKOt8L.jpg?v=1791644969","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/bamboo-and-blood","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}