{"product_id":"curse-of-the-pogo-stick-isbn-9781569475904","title":"Curse of the Pogo Stick","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe fifth Dr. Siri Paiboun mystery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeven 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.\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eCurse of the Pogo Stick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The adventure among the Hmong reveals Cotterill's real strength . . . The reason his series continues to be worth reading, is the author's deep understanding of these people and their beautiful, troubled land . . . Like Dr. Siri, Colin Cotterill has a touch of magic about him.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cotterill’s approach in \u003ci\u003eCurse of the Pogo Stick\u003c\/i\u003e—so measured and offhand—actually achieves a remarkable feat: It cuts through all the never-again media saturation that genocidal regimes often generate, and it makes us take notice once more. We wind up caring about Cotterill’s characters, because they’re mostly either decent or at least understandably flawed and therefore human. By avoiding the nastiness and nihilism of noir, they reach a sympathetic, soulful reality writers rarely pull off.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaste Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Cotterill’s ironic pen [is] as sharp as ever.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“One of my favorite reluctant ‘detectives’ . . . Another delightful and intelligent read . . . Brilliant.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Crimespree Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eColin Cotterill is the author of ten other books in the Dr. Siri Paiboun series: \u003ci\u003eThe Coroner’s Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThirty-Three Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDisco for the Departed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnarchy and Old Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Merry Misogynist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove Songs from a Shallow Grave\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlash and Burn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Wouldn’t Die\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Six and a Half Deadly Sins\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Shot the Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e. His fiction has won a Dilys Award and a CWA Dagger in the Library. He lives in Chumphon, Thailand, with his wife and five deranged dogs.","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304813121765,"sku":"NP9781569475904","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781569475904.jpg?v=1767724376","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/curse-of-the-pogo-stick-isbn-9781569475904","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}