Love Songs from a Shallow Grave Three young Laotian women have died of fencing sword wounds. Each of them had studied abroad in an Eastern bloc country. Accused of spying for the Vietnamese, Dr. Siri is imprisoned, beaten, and threatened with death. The Khmer Rouge is relentless, and it is touch and go for the dauntless, 74-year-old national--and only--coroner of Laos. Full description