Death of a Red Heroine
โ Scribed by Qiu, Xiaolong
- Book ID
- 100644475
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 260 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police must find the murderer of a National Model worker, and then risk his own life and career to see that justice is done. The novel is a murder mystery infused with politics and poetry. Set in Shanghai, in the early 1990s, is a fascinating read because it sheds light on a lifestyle that is virtually unknown to western society.
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Contemporary Shanghai comes vividly to life in this new mystery series. Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police must find the murderer of a National Model Worker, and then risk his own life and career to see that justice is done. Qiu Xiaolong has published prizewinning poetry and criticism in China, h
Contemporary Shanghai comes vividly to life in this new mystery series. Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police must find the murderer of a National Model Worker, and then risk his own life and career to see that justice is done. Qiu Xiaolong has published prizewinning poetry and criticism in China, h
### Amazon.com Review By any standard, Inspector Chen Cao is a novelty in the world of police procedurals. A published poet and translator of American and English mystery novels, he has been assigned by the Chinese government, under Deng Xiaoping's cadre policy, to a "productive" job with the Speci