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Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison (2008, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-100312385390

ISBN-139780312385392

eBay Product ID (ePID)66155611

Product Key Features

Book TitleSkull Mantra

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime

Publication Year2008

GenreFiction

AuthorEliot Pattison

Book SeriesInspector Shan Tao Yun Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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ReviewsLike Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko, Shan becomes our Don Quixote, an apolitical guide through a murky world of failed socialism...Set against a background that is alternately bleak and blazingly beautiful, this is at once a top-notch thriller and a substantive look at Tibet under siege., "Like Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko, Shan becomes our Don Quixote, an apolitical guide through a murky world of failed socialism...Set against a background that is alternately bleak and blazingly beautiful, this is at once a top-notch thriller and a substantive look at Tibet under siege." -- Publisher's Weekly (starred review) on The Skull Mantra "It's rare when a mystery brings something fresh to the genre. Eliot Pattison has accomplished this with his Edgar Award-winning debut, The Skull Mantra. " -- San Francisco Chronicle "Superb...breathlessly suspenseful." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Like Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko, Shan becomes our Don Quixote, an apolitical guide through a murky world of failed socialism...Set against a background that is alternately bleak and blazingly beautiful, this is at once a top-notch thriller and a substantive look at Tibet under siege." -- Publisher's Weekly (starred review) on The Skull Mantra "It's rare when a mystery brings something fresh to the genre. Eliot Pattison has accomplished this with his Edgar Award-winning debut, The Skull Mantra. " -- San Francisco Chronicle "Superb...breathlessly suspenseful." -- Kirkus Reviews, It's rare when a mystery brings something fresh to the genre. Eliot Pattison has accomplished this with his Edgar Award-winning debut, The Skull Mantra.

Dewey Edition21

Series Volume Number1

Dewey Decimal813.5/4

SynopsisWinner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, The Skull Mantra was a sensation when first published and received wide acclaim from critics and readers alike. The Skull Mantra is ranked as a novel about a people and a place--the Tibetans of the high Himalayas--as it is a gripping thriller. The corpse is missing its head and is dressed in American clothes. Found by a Tibetan prison work gang on a windy cliff, the grisly remains clearly belong to someone too important for Chinese authorities to bury and forget. So the case is handed to veteran police inspector Shan Tao Yun. Methodical, clever Shan is the best man for the job, but he too is a prisoner, deported to Tibet for offending someone high up in Beijing's power structure. Granted a temporary release, Shan is soon pulled into the Tibetan people's desperate fight for its sacred mountains and the Chinese regime's blood-soaked policies. Then, a Buddhist priest is arrested, a man Shan knows is innocent. Now time is running out for Shan to find the real killer., Winner of the 2001 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, The Skull Mantra was a sensation when first published and received wide acclaim from critics and readers alike. The Skull Mantra is ranked as a novel about a people and a place--the Tibetans of the high Himalayas--as it is a gripping thriller. The corpse is missing its head and is dressed in American clothes. Found by a Tibetan prison work gang on a windy cliff, the grisly remains clearly belong to someone too important for Chinese authorities to bury and forget. So the case is handed to veteran police inspector Shan Tao Yun. Methodical, clever Shan is the best man for the job, but he too is a prisoner, deported to Tibet for offending someone high up in Beijing's power structure. Granted a temporary release, Shan is soon pulled into the Tibetan people's desperate fight for its sacred mountains and the Chinese regime's blood-soaked policies. Then, a Buddhist priest is arrested, a man Shan knows is innocent. Now time is running out for Shan to find the real killer. The Skull Mantra is the winner of the 2000 Edgar Award for Best First Novel., The first Inspector Shan novel, winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and finalist for the Gold Dagger, was a sensation when first published. Now, as the series continues with Soho Press, this modern classic returns in trade paperback.