The Monkey and the Tiger

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A pair of clever, cozy mysteries starring the beloved detective Judge Dee, whom the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock Holmes 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 mystery.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert Hans Van Gulik, Robert Van Gulik, Robert van Gulik
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.11.1992
• EAN: 9780226848693
• ISBN: 978-0-226-84869-3
• Seiten: 152
• Serien: Phoenix Fiction; Judge Dee Mystery; Richter Di-Erzählungen; Judge Dee Mysteries; Phoenix Fiction; Judge Dee Mysteries; Judge Dee Mystery; Richter Di-Erzählungen
• Themen: Belletristik > Spannung; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Crime & mystery, Crime and mystery fiction