by Peter Straub · HarperCollins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007103676
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Koko is a novel by Peter Straub that plunges the reader into the psychological horror of the Vietnam War. The plot follows four Vietnam veterans, a doctor, a lawyer, a working stiff, and a writer, united by a shared secret. They embark on a quest that takes them from Washington, D.C., to the graveyards and fleshpots of the Far East and the human jungle of New York, chasing someone from the past who has resurfaced from the darkness to kill. This paperback edition was published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd on May 8, 2001, and has 640 pages.
Peter Francis Straub was an American novelist and poet. He had success with several horror and supernatural fiction novels, among them Julia (1975), Ghost Story (1979) and The Talisman (1984), the latter co-written with Stephen King. He explored the mystery genre with the Blue Rose trilogy, consisting of Koko (1988), Mystery (1990) and The Throat (1993). He fused the supernatural with crime fiction in Lost Boy, Lost Girl (2003) and the related In the Night Room (2004). For the Library of America, he edited the volume H. P. Lovecraft: Tales and the anthology American Fantastic Tales. Straub received such literary honors as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award.
