Description
About the Author
Robert van Gulik (1910 - 67), a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture, drew his plots and literary conventions from the popular detective novels that appeared in seventeenth-century China.
Reviews
"The China of old, in Mr. van Gulik's skilled hands, comes vividly alive again." - Allen J. Hubin, New York Times Book Review "If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee, I envy you that initial pleasure.... For the magistrate of Poo-yang belongs in that select group headed by Sherlock Holmes." - Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times"
Book Information
ISBN 9780226848761
Author Robert van Gulik
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint University of Chicago Press
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Weight(grams) 227g
Dimensions(mm) 20mm * 14mm * 1mm