Curse of the Pogo Stick
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Seven female Hmong villagers kidnap Dr. Siri on orders from the village elder who hopes that Yeh Ming, the thousand-year-old shaman who shares the doctor’s body, will consent to exorcise the headman’s daughter. He fears that her soul has been possessed by a demon due to the curse of a mysterious Western artifact. Siri agrees to help and, in so doing, brings to pass a prediction of Auntie Bpoo, a transvestite fortune-teller.
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Colin Cotterill. (2011). Curse of the Pogo Stick. Soho Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Colin Cotterill. 2011. Curse of the Pogo Stick. Soho Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Colin Cotterill, Curse of the Pogo Stick. Soho Press, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Colin Cotterill. Curse of the Pogo Stick. Soho Press, 2011.
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In the engaging fifth entry in Cotterill’s unusual crime series set in 1970s Laos (after 2007’s Anarchy and Old Dogs
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Adult/High School-In this delightful, fifth Dr. Siri novel set in late-1970s Laos, Cotterill once again manages a winning combination of elements: crisp plotting, exotic locations, endearing characters, political satire, witty dialogue, otherworldly phenomena, and a deep understanding of Hmong culture. The story begins when Dr. Siri Paiboun, the 73-year-old national coroner of Laos, attends a Communist meeting in the north that is so tedious that a member of the audience literally dies of boredom during an endless speech. While the doctor is away from home, a booby-trapped corpse is delivered to the morgue. The always-alert and resourceful Nurse Dtui is the only one who notices something amiss, and her swift action saves the lives of several people, including an arrogant visiting doctor and Madame Daeng, Dr. Siri's fiancée. But most of the book concerns the doctor's eventful trip back from the meeting. He is kidnapped by seven female Hmong villagers who, under the direction of the village elder, call upon Yeh Ming, the thousand-year-old shaman who inhabits Dr. Siri's body, to perform an exorcism. The chief's daughter suffers the curse of the pogo stick (yes, there really is a pogo stick) and is possessed by a demon. Only Yeh Ming can free her soul. How all of this gets resolved is another example of the superb storytelling readers have come to expect from Cotterill."Robert Saunderson, Berkeley Public Library, CA"Copyright 2008 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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