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Blue Rose: Book 1

Koko (1988) (edit title/settings)

by Peter Straub (Author) (edit contributors)

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A revenge and murder story with supernatural overtones, concerning a group of men who served with the military in Vietnam. It has as its background various places in South East Asia. Peter Straub is the author of "Ghost Story" and he wrote "Talisman" with Stephen King.

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'KOKO ' Only four men knew what it meant. Vietnam vets. One was a doctor. One was a lawyer. One was a working stiff. One was a writer. All were as different as men could be - yet all were bound eternally together by a single shattering secret. And now they are joined together again on a quest... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

'KOKO ' Only four men knew what it meant. Vietnam vets. One was a doctor. One was a lawyer. One was a working stiff. One was a writer. All were as different as men could be - yet all were bound eternally together by a single shattering secret. And now they are joined together again on a quest that could take them from the graveyards and fleshpots of the Far East to the human jungle of New York, hunting an inhuman ghost of the past risen from nightmare darkness to kill and kill

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At three o'clock in the afternoon of a grey, blowing mid-November day, a baby doctor named Michael Poole looked down through the windows of his second-floor room into the parking lot of the Sheraton Hotel.

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PART ONE: THE DEDICATION
1. Washington, D.C.
2. Message
3. Reunion
4. The Answering Machine
5. Beans Beevers at the Memorial

PART TWO: PREPARATIONS FOR TAKEOFF
6. Beevers at Rest
7. Conor at Work
8. Dr. Poole at Work and Play
9. In Search of Maggie Lah
10. Conversations and Dreams
11. Koko

PART THREE: THE TIGER BALM GARDENS
12. Men in Motion
13. Koko
14. Remembering Dragon Valley
15. Meeting Lola in the Park
16. The Library
17. Koko

PART FOUR: IN THE UNDERGROUND GARAGE
18. The Steps to Heaven
19. How Dengler Died
20. Telephone
21. The Riverside Terrace
22. Victor Spitalny

PART FIVE: THE SEA OF FORGETFULNESS
23. Robbie, with Lantern
24. In the Cave
25. Coming Home
26. Koko

PART SIX: THE REAL RAW TASTE
27. Pat and Judy
28. A Funeral
29. The Line-up
30. A Second Reunion
31. Encounters

PART SEVEN: THE KILLING BOX
32. First Night at the Pforzheimer
33. Second Night at the Pforzheimer
34. The End of the Search
35. The Killing Box

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This is book 1 of 6 in Blue Rose. (standard series)

Followed by Mystery.

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  1. Peter Straub (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: E P Dutton
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0525246606
Page Count: 562

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