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A Loyal Character Dancer: Inspector Chen 2
Qiu Xiaolong
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Description for A Loyal Character Dancer: Inspector Chen 2
Paperback. 'Another wonderful novel' - Washington Post - in the internationally acclaimed Inspector Chen crime series Series: Inspector Chen Cao. Num Pages: 368 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
Now a BBC Radio 4 Drama Series.
Former dancer and party loyalist Wen Liping vanishes in rural China just before she was to leave the country. Her husband, a key witness against a smuggling ring suspected of importing aliens to the US, refuses to testify until she is found and brought to join him in America.
A few days later, a badly mutilated body turns up in Shanghai's Bund Park. It bears all the hallmarks of a triad killing.
The US immigration agency, convinced that the Chinese government are hiding something, send US Marshal Catherine ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Inspector Chen Cao
Condition
New
Weight
254g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340897539
SKU
V9780340897539
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10
About Qiu Xiaolong
Qiu Xiaolong (pronounced 'Joe Shau-long') was born in Shanghai. The Cultural Revolution began in his last year of elementary school, and out of school, out of job, he studied English by himself in a local park. In 1977, he began his studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai, and then the Chinese Academy of Social Science in ... Read more
Reviews for A Loyal Character Dancer: Inspector Chen 2
A sequel that in many ways is even more impressive
Chicago Tribune
A luminescent synthesis of a thriller and a literary novel.
Independent
Xiaolong's astute rendering of the many contradictions of contemporary Chinese life centres on the brilliant Inspector Chen . . . A series that might well get you hooked.
Sunday Telegraph
Chen ... Read more
Chicago Tribune
A luminescent synthesis of a thriller and a literary novel.
Independent
Xiaolong's astute rendering of the many contradictions of contemporary Chinese life centres on the brilliant Inspector Chen . . . A series that might well get you hooked.
Sunday Telegraph
Chen ... Read more