β Scribed by Russell Banks
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A pogo stick brings a curse down upon a Hmong village . . .
Laos, 1977. Dr. Siri Paiboun, the spry seventy-three-year-old reluctant national coroner of Laos, is on his way back from a Communist party meeting when he is ambushed on a jungle trail and kidnapped by seven female Hmong villagers. His only route to freedom is to exorcise the village of its demon--a task he has no idea how to accomplish--and in doing so he brings to pass the prediction of Auntie Bpoo, a transvestite fortune teller. Meanwhile, back in Vientiane, Nurse Dtui and Dr. Siri's fiancΓ©e are on their own to track down the assassin who is intent on wiping out the mortuary staff.
Exploding corpses, zombie muggers, and a geriatric gun fight--just another day at the Laos national morgue.
From the Hardcover edition.
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