Fieldwork

FieldworkWhen his girlfriend takes a job in Thailand, Mischa Berlinski goes along for the ride, planning to enjoy himself and work as little as possible. But one evening a fellow expatriate tips him off to a story: a charismatic American anthropologist, Martiya van der Leun, has been found dead a suicide in the Thai prison where she was serving a life sentence for murder. Curious at first, Mischa is soon immersed in the details of her story. This brilliant,

When his girlfriend takes a job in Thailand, Mischa Berlinski goes along for the ride, planning to enjoy himself and work as little as possible. But one evening a fellow expatriate tips him off to a story: a charismatic American anthropologist, Martiya van der Leun, has been found dead--a suicide--in the Thai prison where she was serving a life sentence for murder. Curious at first, Mischa is soon immersed in the details of her story. This brilliant, haunting novel expands into a mystery set among the Thai hill tribes, whose way of life became a battleground for the missionaries and the scientists living among them.
Fieldwork is a 2007 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 01/22/2008
ISBN: 9780312427467
Pages: 356
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d
Award: Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize - Finalist

Review Citations: Books & Culture 01/01/2008 pg. 39
New York Times Book Review 03/09/2008 pg. 28