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The Lacquer Screen
Robert Van Gulik
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Description for The Lacquer Screen
Paperback. Series: A Judge Dee mystery. Num Pages: 194 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Early in his career, Judge Dee visits a senior magistrate who shows him a beautiful lacquer screen on which a scene of lovers has been mysteriously altered to show the man stabbing his lover. The magistrate fears he is losing his mind and will murder his own wife. Meanwhile, a banker has inexplicably killed himself, and a lovely lady has allowed Dee's lieutenant, Chiao Tai, to believe she is a courtesan. Dee and Chiao Tai go incognito among a gang of robbers to solve this mystery, and find the leader of the robbers is more honorable than the magistrate.
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Early in his career, Judge Dee visits a senior magistrate who shows him a beautiful lacquer screen on which a scene of lovers has been mysteriously altered to show the man stabbing his lover. The magistrate fears he is losing his mind and will murder his own wife. Meanwhile, a banker has inexplicably killed himself, and a lovely lady has allowed Dee's lieutenant, Chiao Tai, to believe she is a courtesan. Dee and Chiao Tai go incognito among a gang of robbers to solve this mystery, and find the leader of the robbers is more honorable than the magistrate.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Series
A Judge Dee mystery
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226848679
SKU
V9780226848679
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99-50
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