Noir in the city – short stories set in BANGKOK
Curse of the Pogo Stick
Location(s): Laos
Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
Era(s): Contemporary
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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