Judge Dee at Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories
Jul 2010 · University of Chicago Press
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The eight short stories in Judge Dee at Work cover a decade during which the judge served in four different provinces of the T’ang Empire. From the suspected treason of a general in the Chinese army to the murder of a lonely poet in his garden pavilion, the cases here are among the most memorable in the Judge Dee series.
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Chris Becker
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January 12, 2021
as far as short stories goes, I found these two very enjoyable. R van Gulik was able to capture some nice details giving the reader a bit of a feel of Chinese life.
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About the author
Robert van Gulik (1910–67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. His many works include sixteen Judge Dee mysteries, a study of the gibbon in China, and two books on the Chinese lute.
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