The Story of the Stone: a novel
โ Scribed by Barry Hughart
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group;Corgi
- Year
- 2011;1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 158 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307800970
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โฆ Synopsis
Set in a mythical, medieval China where folklore and history are indistinguishable, a dead monk, an ancientand now missingmanuscript, and a ghostly murderer entice the venerable Master Li and his faithful companion Number Ten Ox into the Valley of Sorrows for a deadly and uproarious confrontation with the long-dead Laughing Prince.
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