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A Perfect Crime

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Description for A Perfect Crime Paperback. A chilling literary thriller about a motiveless murder in provincial China Translator(s): Holmwood, Anna. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 3. Weight in Grams: 212.

 

A chilling literary thriller about a motiveless murder in provincial China

'One of the most important voices to emerge from the People's Republic in years' Daily Express

On a normal day in provincial China, a teenager goes about his regular business, but he’s also planning the brutal murder of his only friend. He lures her over, strangles her, stuffs her body into the washing machine and flees town, whereupon a perilous game of cat-and-mouse begins.

A shocking investigation into the despair that traps the rural poor as well as a technically brilliant excursion into the ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780749297
SKU
V9781780749297
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About A Yi
A Yi is a Chinese writer living in Beijing. He is the author of two collections of short stories and has published fiction in Granta and the Guardian. In 2010 he was shortlisted for the People’s Literature Top 20 Literary Giants of the Future.

Reviews for A Perfect Crime
‘Doused in blood and gushing with ethical conundrums, A Yi’s A Perfect Crime is a disconcerting medley of misanthropy, escapism, and media monstrosities. Woven from tales garnered in the author’s previous career in law enforcement, Yi’s psychological insights are frequently bookended by realistic renditions of urban China’s legal processes. Where Anthony Burgess sought to conjure a world of abstract flair and inexplicable ... Read more

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