The Red Pavilion
A chance encounter with Autumn Moon, the most powerful courtesan on Paradise Island, leads Judge Dee to investigate three deaths. Although he finally teases the true story from a tangled history of passion and betrayal, Dee is saddened by the perversion, corruption, and waste of the world "of...
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A chance encounter with Autumn Moon, the most powerful courtesan on Paradise Island, leads Judge Dee to investigate three deaths. Although he finally teases the true story from a tangled history of passion and betrayal, Dee is saddened by the perversion, corruption, and waste of the world "of flowers and willows" that thrives on prostitution.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780226848730 (0226848736)
ASIN: 226848736
Publish date: April 1st 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Pages no: 175
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
Asian Literature,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
China
Series: Judge Dee (Chronological order) (#9)
After the Dutch diplomat, orientalist and author Robert van Gulik (1910-1967) translated the Ming dynasty mystery novel Dee Goong An (Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee) http://leopard.booklikes.com/post/796630/celebrated-cases-of-judge-dee-by-an-anonymous-ming-dynasty-author into English and had it ...
Predictable, but a great read nonetheless.
Predictable, but a great read nonetheless.
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