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Poets and Murder: A Judge Dee Mystery
Robert Van Gulik
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Description for Poets and Murder: A Judge Dee Mystery
Paperback. Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath the placid surface of academic life. To connect crimes with betrayals and adulteries from decades past, the clever judge must visit a high-class brothel and the haunted shrine of the Black Fox. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 202 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath the placid surface of academic life. A mild-mannered student is rumored to have been slain by a fox-demon, while a young dancer meets her death as she dresses to perform for the magistrate's illustrious dinner guests - an obese Zen monk revered for his calligraphy, a beautiful poetess accused of murder, and the past president of the imperial academy. To connect the present crimes with betrayals and adulteries from decades past, the clever judge must visit a high-class ... Read more
Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath the placid surface of academic life. A mild-mannered student is rumored to have been slain by a fox-demon, while a young dancer meets her death as she dresses to perform for the magistrate's illustrious dinner guests - an obese Zen monk revered for his calligraphy, a beautiful poetess accused of murder, and the past president of the imperial academy. To connect the present crimes with betrayals and adulteries from decades past, the clever judge must visit a high-class ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226848761
SKU
V9780226848761
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Ref
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About Robert Van Gulik
Robert van Gulik (1910 - 67), a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture, drew his plots and literary conventions from the popular detective novels that appeared in seventeenth-century China.
Reviews for Poets and Murder: A Judge Dee Mystery
The China of old, in Mr. van Gulik's skilled hands, comes vividly alive again. - Allen J. Hubin, New York Times Book Review If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee, I envy you that initial pleasure.... For the magistrate of Poo-yang belongs in that select group headed by Sherlock Holmes. - Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times ... Read more