The Red Pavilion - (Judge Dee Mystery Series) by Robert Van Gulik (Paperback)
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Highlights
- A chance encounter with Autumn Moon, the most powerful courtesan on Paradise Island, leads Judge Dee to investigate three deaths.
- About the Author: Robert Van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture.
- 185 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
- Series Name: Judge Dee Mystery Series
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Book Synopsis
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.From the Back Cover
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.About the Author
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.Dimensions (Overall): 8.04 Inches (H) x 5.24 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: .49 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 185
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Mystery & Detective
Series Title: Judge Dee Mystery Series
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Robert Van Gulik
Language: English
Street Date: April 1, 2005
TCIN: 1006089368
UPC: 9780226848730
Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-3839
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.56 inches length x 5.24 inches width x 8.04 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.49 pounds
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