The Red Pavilion A Judge Dee Mystery |
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| Author:
| van Gulik, Robert |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-84873-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2005 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.