{"product_id":"bamboo-and-blood-9780312601294","title":"Bamboo and Blood","description":"\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\u003cp\u003eNow the inspector returns . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312601294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"James Church","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635922038940,"sku":"9780312601294","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1f8ba21e-5c13-4794-9512-b672621a9437.jpg?v=1603840904","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bamboo-and-blood-9780312601294","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}