Christopher G. Moore

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Christopher G. Moore

Occupation novelist
Nationality Canadian
Genres Literary and Crime fiction
Official website

Christopher George Moore (born July 8, 1952) is a Canadian novelist who has lived in Bangkok, Thailand since 1988. He formerly taught law at the University of British Columbia. After his first book His Lordship’s Arsenal was published in New York to a critical acclaim in 1985, Moore became a full-time writer and has authored 18 novels and one collection of interlocked short stories. Moore’s novels have been called “complex, moody, rewarding” (Chicago Sun-Times). He is a writer “in the great literary tradition that hasn’t really touched down since Somerset Maugham” (The Globe and Mail). Moore is often praised for his in-depth knowledge and sharp insights about the part of the world he writes about. “One of Moore’s greatest strengths is his knowledge of Southeast Asian history,” said Newsweek. And he is known, in the words of the National Post, for the way he “captures the bewitching spirit and rice-cooker passions of Southeast Asia.” Maclean's magazine has written that “Moore’s noir thrillers and literary fiction—like Graham Greene, he alternates between ‘entertainment’ and serious novels—are subtle and compelling evocations of a part of the world rarely seen through our eyes.” His novels have been translated into German, French, Italian, Hebrew, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, Norwegian and Thai.

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[edit] Novels

  • His Lordship's Arsenal, Freundlich Books (1985); Critics Choice (1988); Heaven Lake Press (1999); Subway Books (2003)
  • Enemies of Memory, White Lotus (1990); reprinted as Tokyo Joe, Heaven Lake Press (2003)
  • A Killing Smile, White Lotus (1991), second printing (1992), third and fourth printing bookSiam (1996); fifth and sixth printing Heaven Lake Press (2000); seventh printing (2004)
  • A Bewitching Smile, White Lotus (1992); Heaven Lake Press (2000)
  • Spirit House, White Lotus (1992), Heaven Lake Press (1999) reprinted (2004), Grove Press (2008)
  • Asia Hand, White Lotus (1993) Heaven Lake Press (2000)
  • A Haunting Smile, White Lotus (1993), Heaven Lake Press (1999) reprinted (2004)
  • Cut Out, White Lotus (1994), Matichon, (1996), Heaven Lake Press (1999). Re-released under the title Zero Hour in Phnom Penh.
  • Saint Anne, Asia Books (1994) reprinted as Red Sky Falling Heaven Lake Press (2005)
  • Comfort Zone , White Lotus (1995), pocketbook edition (1997); Heaven Lake Press (2001)
  • The Big Weird bookSiam (1996), Heaven Lake Press (2000)
  • God of Darkness Asia Books (1998), Heaven Lake Press (1999) reprinted (2004)
  • Cold Hit, Heaven Lake Press (1999) reprinted (2004). The German translation is titled Nana Plaza
  • Chairs, Heaven Lake Press (2001)
  • Minor Wife, Heaven Lake Press (2002) reprinted (2004)
  • Waiting for the Lady, Heaven Lake Press (2003) Subway Books (2004) Trade paperback edition Heaven Lake Press (2005)
  • Gambling on Magic, Heaven Lake Press (2005)
  • The Risk of Infidelity Index, Atlantic Monthly Press (2008)

[edit] Non-fiction

  • Heart Talk, White Lotus (1992), 2nd Ed. Heaven Lake Press (1998), 3rd Ed. Heaven Lake Press (2005)

[edit] Radio drama

  • View from Cambie Bridge (N.H.K. Japan) (1983)
  • The Bamboo Pillar (C.B.C.) (1983)
  • The Semi-Detached Barrister (C.B.C.) (1981)
  • Sticks and Pucks (C.B.C.) (1980)

[edit] Awards

The German edition of Cut Out, titled Zero Hour in Phnom Penh, the third Calvino novel, won the prestigious German Critics Award for international crime fiction in 2004 and Premier Special Director Book Award Semana Negra, Spain in 2007.

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