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You might be interested in or have already read the Inspector O series by “Frank Church.” To the degree it is accurate (or not) it was fascinating to think of a
by adolph 3y ago
You might be interested in or have already read the Inspector O series by “Frank Church.” To the degree it is accurate (or not) it was fascinating to think of all the things that a mostly stable but alien-to-me society must contain. Cops, municipal workers of all sorts, and the parallel world of a Communist party.
https://www.amazon.com/Corpse-Koryo-Inspector-Novel-Novels/dp/0312374313 https://www.amazon.com/Corpse-Koryo-Inspector-Novel-Novels/d...
- a_bonobo 3y agoI like the Inspector Chen Cao novels, too; they're crime novels that usually involve corruption in the Chinese Communist Party https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126606.Death_of_a_Red_Heroine https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126606.Death_of_a_Red_He... The author Qiu Xiaolong lives in exile in the US.
- eru 3y agoOf course, you only need municipal workers, if you have municipalities. Eg a nomadic society wouldn't have them.