Curse of the Pogo Stick
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In Vientiane, Laos, a booby-trapped corpse intended for Dr. Siri, the national coroner, has been delivered to the morgue. In his absence, only Nurse Dtui's intervention saves the lives of the morgue attendants, visiting doctors, and Madame Daeng, Dr. Siri's fiancée.
On his way back from a Communist Party meeting in the north, Dr. Siri is kidnapped by seven female Hmong villagers under the direction of the village elder so that he will—in the guise of Yeh Ming, the thousand-year-old shaman with whom he shares his body—exorcise the headman's daughter, whose soul is possessed by a demon, and lift the curse of the pogo stick.
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Colin Cotterill. (2011). Curse of the Pogo Stick. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Colin Cotterill. 2011. Curse of the Pogo Stick. Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Colin Cotterill, Curse of the Pogo Stick. Blackstone Publishing, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Colin Cotterill. Curse of the Pogo Stick. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing, 2011.
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On his way back from a Communist Party meeting in the north, Dr. Siri is kidnapped by seven female Hmong villagers under the direction of the village elder so that he will—in the guise of Yeh Ming, the thousand-year-old shaman with whom he shares his body—exorcise the headman's daughter, whose soul is possessed by a demon, and lift the curse of the pogo stick.
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