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Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath the placid surface of academic life. To connect crimes with betrayals and adulteries from decades past, the clever judge must visit a high-class brothel and the haunted shrine of the Black Fox.

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"The China of old, in Mr. van Gulik's skilled hands, comes vividly alive again." - Allen J. Hubin, New York Times Book Review "If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee, I envy you that initial pleasure.... For the magistrate of Poo-yang belongs in that select group headed by Sherlock Holmes." - Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times"

Poets and Murder

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/11/2005
      ISBN13: 9780226848761, 978-0226848761
      ISBN10: 0226848760

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath the placid surface of academic life. To connect crimes with betrayals and adulteries from decades past, the clever judge must visit a high-class brothel and the haunted shrine of the Black Fox.

      Trade Review
      "The China of old, in Mr. van Gulik's skilled hands, comes vividly alive again." - Allen J. Hubin, New York Times Book Review "If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee, I envy you that initial pleasure.... For the magistrate of Poo-yang belongs in that select group headed by Sherlock Holmes." - Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times"

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