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“The
story is fast-paced and entertaining. Even outside of
his Bangkok comfort zone, Moore shows he is one of the
best chroniclers of the expat diaspora.”
—The Daily Yomiuri
“Zero Hour
in Phnom Penh is political, courageous and perhaps [Moore’s]
most important work. Moore is a brilliant storyteller
and a masterful character inventor.”
—CrimiCouch.de
“Zero Hour
in Phnom Penh is a brilliant detective story that portrays—with
no illusion—Cambodia’s adventurous transition
from genocide and civil war to a free-market economy
and democratic normality. Zero Hour in Phnom Penh is
a rare stroke of luck and a work of art, from which
one can always draw more stories and levels of meaning.
. . . an all too human, timeless, historical and philosophical
novel.”
—Deutsche Well Buchtipp,
Bonn
“A thriller
in which the importance of the single crime shrinks
visibly at the sight of mass murder and grand corruption.”
—Thomas Klingenmaier,
Stuttgarter Zeitung
“It was
ten years ago in Cambodia, but this great novel sits
well after Kandahar, Luanda, Kabul, Baghdad and other
places where the brutality of war destroys the souls
of humanity.”
—KulturNews, Hamburg
“[In Zero
Hour in Phnom Penh] one experiences an impressive novel
and discovers lives in a country—keyword ‘Pol
Pot—that has a long history of genocide behind
it. A novel of sad intelligence and intelligent sadness”
—Thomas Widmer, Facts
Zürich
“Moore
is an accurate storyteller and a sensitive observer.
He bares the colonial attitude of the foreigners and
soberly describes the survival strategies of the young
women—imparting a great amount of information
and a valuable insight.”
—Marianne de Mestral,
P.S. Magazin, Zürich
“The novel
is more than a crime fiction. It is a believable attempt
to describe a society at the crossroad. Moore’s
portrayal of the omnipresent prostitution in Cambodia
goes under the skin. Nothing is glossed over.”
—Christian Ruf, Dresdner
Neueste Nachrichten
“Zero Hour
in Phnom Penh is a bursting, high adventure . . . extremely
gripping . . . a morality portrait with no illusion.”
—Ulrich Noller, Westdeutscher
Rundfunk
“A well
written, exciting, but not simplistic thriller. The
description of Cambodia at the end of the Pol Pot terror
regime (approximately 1993) is convincing. High tension
amidst violent backdrop. Recommended. ”
—Ute Ulrike Fauth, EKZ
Buchbesprechungen Reutlingen
“Moore’s
crime fiction is a multi-layered and disillusioning
picture of the Cambodian society and the UNTAC soldiers:
the reality behind the headlines.”
—Inge Wünnenberg, General-Anzeiger,
Bonn
“Like other
Calvino novels, Zero Hour in Phnom Penh captures the
tropical sultriness that often sucks away the breaths
of West Germans in Southeast Asia. Heat, noise and stench
almost emanate from the book.. Moore heats up the climate
even further with his portrayals of raw power, cheap
sex, wretchedness from drugs and human contempt. It
can be stomach-turning for the delicate of the hearts.”
—Sönke Boldt, Badische
Neueste Nachrichten Karlsruhe
“Moore
writes to entertain, and that he does.”
—Bangkok Post
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