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Title: Disco for the Departed
Subtitle: The Dr. Siri Investigations, Book 3
Author: Colin Cotterill
Narrator: Clive Chafer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-22-11
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 296 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
Dr. Siri Paiboun is summoned to the mountains of Huaphan Province, where for years the leaders of the current communist government hid in caves, waiting to assume power. Now a major celebration of the new regime is scheduled to take place, but an arm is found protruding from the concrete walk laid from the presidents former cave hideout to his new house beneath the cliffs. Siri must supervise the disinterment of the body attached to the arm, identify it, and determine the cause of death.
The autopsy provides some surprises, but it is his gifts as a shaman that enable the 73-year-old doctor to discover why the victim was buried alive and to identify the killer.
Critic Reviews:
Purely entertainingElements of the ritualistic killings are pretty gross and the spooks can be scary; but as the author gently points out, life would be dreary without a few thrills. (
New York Times Book Review)
Members Reviews:
A delightful non-detective!
ghosts, history-and-culture, historical-fiction, magic, murder-investigation, muted-humor
Dr. Siri is at it again! Our slyly amusing National Coroner and his nurse Dtui are called away to investigate a gruesome corpse. The ensuing investigation is more than a little unusual and full of red herrings and sneaky twists. Very shortly after they left, the self serving head of the justice department arranged to have Mr Geung transported by the army to a remote area simply because the valuable morgue assistant has Down's. That is another complicated tale and parallel to the other. All in all, this is a fascinating read!
Clive Chafer is the great narrator here!
Life goes on
it is hard to explain why a series about a 72-year-old French-trained physician working under repressive conditions for a regime he gave his youth to put in power should be so life-affirming. It is hard to explain why the mysticism that underlies the stories and frequently moves the plot should work so well.
So I won't try.
Just be sure to start at the start of the series,The stories actually get better, but the first book helps ground you in the environment that Mr. Cotterill has created..
Love Dr. Siri series
Must read these in order to fully appreciate them. They're fabulous. I read then over and over again.
Funny and full of fascinating details
What did you love best about Disco for the Departed?
I really enjoy the mixture of medical detail, shamanism, political information and vivid characters. I have now read three of the series and am putting off the treat of the next one, since I want them to last!
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
The plot switches back and forth between two different intersecting stories involving the three most familiar characters. Great for listening - the voices were brilliant.
Have you listened to any of Clive Chafers other performances before? How does this one compare?
No
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not necessarily - too much of a good thing
It's a Dead Man's Party
Tony Hillerman (1925 - 2008) introduced me to Navajo culture when I picked up a used paperback copy of "The Blessing Way" (1970), laying between small metal cutouts of boots painted turquoise with magnets glued to the back, and a worn and rusted set of metric wrenches at Peddlers Pass in Prescott, AZ.
