JUDGE DEE AT WORK; Eight Chinese Detective Stories.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Reprint. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Very Good.
Item #47562
ISBN: 0684161796
178pp., chronology. With illustrations in period style by the author, plus his postscript. Van Gulik, a Dutch diplomat and authority on Chinese history and culture, drew the plots from his stories from the body of Chinese literature, especially from popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century. JUDGE DEE AT WORK features eight stories spanning a decade and four provinces of ancient China. From the suspected treason of a general in the Chinese army facing the Tartar hordes to the murder of a lonely poet in his garden pavilion, a good example of the range of Dee's variety and expperiences. Includes a useful chronology listing book and story titles, times and places of Dee's offices, and information on plots and persons.
Price: $5.50