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The Monkey and the Tiger: Two Chinese Detective Stories
Robert Van Gulik
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Description for The Monkey and the Tiger: Two Chinese Detective Stories
Paperback. Series: Judge Dee Mysteries. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
The Monkey and The Tiger includes two detective stories, The Morning of the Monkey and The Night of the Tiger. In the first, a gibbon drops an emerald in the open gallery of Dee's official residence, leading the judge to discover a strangely mutilated body in the woods--and how it got there. In the second, Dee is traveling to the imperial capital to assume a new position when he is separated from his escort by a flood. Marooned in a large country house surrounded by fierce bandits, Dee confronts an apparition that helps him solve a ... Read more
The Monkey and The Tiger includes two detective stories, The Morning of the Monkey and The Night of the Tiger. In the first, a gibbon drops an emerald in the open gallery of Dee's official residence, leading the judge to discover a strangely mutilated body in the woods--and how it got there. In the second, Dee is traveling to the imperial capital to assume a new position when he is separated from his escort by a flood. Marooned in a large country house surrounded by fierce bandits, Dee confronts an apparition that helps him solve a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Judge Dee Mysteries
Condition
New
Weight
185g
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226848693
SKU
V9780226848693
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About Robert Van Gulik
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.
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