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MYSTERY
The time Is 699 A.D.; the place is Poo-yang. Here Judge Dee, imperial magistrate, must investigate two deaths: the collapse of a young drummer in the annual dragon-boat race and the murder of a woman in a deserted country estate. The mystery involves the cruel River Goddess, and the legendary Emperor's Pearl, as well as a wealthy merchant's lovely, mute, mad wife.
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"If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee and his faithful Sgt. Hoong, I envy you that initial pleasure which comes from the discovery of a great detective story. For the magistrate of Poo-yang belongs in that select group of fictional detectives headed by the renowned Sherlock Holmes."—Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
"The title of this book and the book itself have much in common. Each is a jewel, a rare and precious find."—Atlanta Times
ROBERT VAN GULIK (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially...
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Fülszöveg
MYSTERY
The time Is 699 A.D.; the place is Poo-yang. Here Judge Dee, imperial magistrate, must investigate two deaths: the collapse of a young drummer in the annual dragon-boat race and the murder of a woman in a deserted country estate. The mystery involves the cruel River Goddess, and the legendary Emperor's Pearl, as well as a wealthy merchant's lovely, mute, mad wife.
mn
"If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee and his faithful Sgt. Hoong, I envy you that initial pleasure which comes from the discovery of a great detective story. For the magistrate of Poo-yang belongs in that select group of fictional detectives headed by the renowned Sherlock Holmes."—Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
"The title of this book and the book itself have much in common. Each is a jewel, a rare and precious find."—Atlanta Times
ROBERT VAN GULIK (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially from the popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century.
Also available: The Chinese Bell Murders, The Chinese Nail Murders, The Chinese Gold Murders, The Chinese Lake Murders, fudge Dee at Work, The Lacquer Screen, The Monkey and the Tiger, Murder in Canton, Necklace and Calabash, The Red Pavilion, and The Willow Pattern.
Cover illustration by Ed Lindlof. Cover design by Toni Ellis.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
ISBN ?-EEb-flMfl7a-fi
90000 II III! II INI IIII
9780226848723
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