Siam

(1999)
Or the Woman Who Shot a Man
A novel by Lily Tuck

Awards
2000 PEN/Faulkner Award (nominee)

The Boston-born wife of a government contractor based in Bangkok, Thailand, Claire finds her life turned upside down by the disappearance of Jim Thompson, the famous American entrepreneur she meets a local dinner party, in a story of intrigue, lost innocence, and tragedy.

Genre: Literary Fiction