Ruskin Bond wrote his first short story, 'Untouchable', at the age of sixteen, and has written memorable fiction ever since. He is famous not only for his love of the hills, but for imbuing the countryside with life and vibrancy through moving descriptions. The simple people who inhabit his stories
Nightmare range: the collected sueno and bascom short stories
โ Scribed by Martin Limรณn
- Publisher
- Soho Press;Soho Crime
- Year
- 2013;2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 226 KB
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Twenty years ago, Martin Limรณn published his first mystery story featuring Sergeant George Sueรฑo, a young Mexican American army detective stationed on the US 8th Army base in South Korea in the early 1970s, the heart of the Cold War. George and his investigating partner, the rowdy and short-fused Sergeant Ernie Bascom, are assigned cases in which the 8th Army has come into conflict with local Korean law enforcement--often incidents in which American soldiers, who are not known for being on their best behavior in their Asian host country, have committed a crime. George Sueรฑo's job is partially to solve crimes, but mostly to cover top brass's backside and make sure the US Army doesn't look bad. Thoughtful, observant George, who is conversant in Korean, constantly faces difficult choices about whether to follow his orders or his conscience.
Nine critically acclaimed novels later, Soho Crime is releasing a collection of Martin...
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