Murder in Canton

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 delightfully complicated mystery that could only be unraveled by the beloved detective Judge Dee, whom the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock Holmes Murder in Canton takes place in the year 680, as Judge Dee, recently promoted to lord chief justice, is sent incognito to Canton to investigate the disappearance of a court censor. With the help of his trusted lieutenants Chiao Tai and Tao Gan, and that of a clever blind girl who collects crickets, Dee solves a complex puzzle of political intrigue and murder through the three separate subplots "the vanished censor," "the Smaragdine dancer," and "the Golden Bell." Zusammenfassung In his attempts to solve three perplexing murders! Judge Dee uncovers a plot to take over key positions in the Tang government.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Hans Van Gulik, Robert Van Gulik, van Gulik, Robert Van Guilik, Van Gulik, Robert Van Gulik
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2004
• EAN: 9780226848747
• ISBN: 978-0-226-84874-7
• Pagine: 216
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 205 mm x 17 mm
• Serie: Judge Dee Mystery
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Narrativa > Romanzi; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, FICTION / Literary, Crime and mystery fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary