Curse of the Pogo Stick
2008 • 215 pages

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Following a rash moment of insolence, Dr Siri Paiboun, Laos' reluctant national coroner, confused shaman and disheartened communist, is forced to go on a road trip with Judge Haeng and the Justice Department. While newly pregnant Nurse Dtui and Dr Siri's fiancé Madame Daeng are left at the morgue to defend the staff against exploding corpses and geriatric gunslingers, Siri has his own problems. On a deserted jungle trail, Siri is kidnapped. His only route to freedom is to exorcise the local village of its demon - but that means lifting the curse of the pogo stick.


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13 primary books

#5 in Dr. Siri Paiboun

Dr. Siri Paiboun is a 13-book series with 13 primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by Colin Cotterill.

#1
Dr. Siri und seine Toten
#2
Thirty-Three Teeth
#3
Disco For The Departed
#4
Anarchy and Old Dogs
#5
Curse of the Pogo Stick
#6
The Merry Misogynist
#7
Love Songs from a Shallow Grave
#10
Six and a Half Deadly Sins
#12
The Rat Catchers' Olympics
#13
Don't Eat Me
#14
The Second Biggest Nothing

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This gets Dr. Siri into the mountains and among Hmong. Very sympathetic portrayals of Hmong. Mystery to be solved is quite interesting and well handled.

March 30, 2022