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In 1925, Irene Blum has worked at a museum for a long time with a man who is like a father to her. When she is passed over for the promotion she thought she would get, he sends her on a quest to Cambodia to find a hidden temple and some rare scrolls that will tell a hidden story about the Khmer people. She has a difficult time, not only because of the country, terrain, and 'lost' temple, but also because the people with her are difficult to deal with, untrustworthy, and some are actively trying
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I liked the idea of the plot and enjoyed the descriptions of the temples, the cities, the people. However I felt the story got bogged down with the main characters each having their own intentions, trying to deceive each other, going round and round the same conversations.
A bit disappointing really.
A bit disappointing really.
Eh. Another one of these really colonial books that runs into my (in)ability to detect what is and isn't supposed to be ironic. I read it on the plane.
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