کار میدانی: رمان

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. ** Shortlisted For The National Book Award For Fiction Set In Thailand, A Brilliantly Original And Page-turning First Novel Of Anthropologists, Missionaries, Demon Possession, Sexual Taboos, Murder, And One Obsessed Young American Reporter. When His Girlfriend Takes A Job In Thailand, Mischa Goes Along For The Ride, Planning Only To Enjoy Himself As Much As Possible. But When He Hears About The Suicide Of A Young Woman, Martiya Van Der Leun, In The Thai Prison Where She Was Serving A Life Sentence For Murder, What Begins As Mild Curiosity Becomes An Obsession. It Is Clear That Martiya Was Guilty, But What Was It That Led Her To Kill? 'a Killer Novel... A Great Story... You Can't Stop Reading.' Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly Set in Thailand, a brilliantly original and page-turning first novel of anthropologists, missionaries, demon possession, sexual taboos, murder, and one obsessed young American reporter. 'This is storytelling of the highest quality: richly entertaining, intelligent and anchored in a deep sense of humanity.' Tash Aw, Guardian