When Red is Black

Qiu Xiaolong (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2006 | Export ed
Sceptre (Verlag)
978-0-340-89757-7 (ISBN)

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The third Inspector Chen investigation, set in 1990s Shanghai, a time of whirlwind change for the city and its people.

When Inspector Chen Cao agrees to do a translation job for a Triad-connected businessman he is given a laptop, a 'little secretary' to provide for his every need, medical care for his mother. There are, it seems, no strings attached ...Then a murder is reported: Chen is loath to shorten his working holiday, so Sergeant Yu is forced to take charge of the investigation. The victim, a middle-aged teacher, has been found dead in her tiny room in a converted multi-family house. Only a neighbour could have committed the crime, but there is no motive. It is only when Chen returns and starts to investigate the past that he finds answers. But by then he has troubles of his own. This is the third critically acclaimed Inspector Chen mystery set in post-Cultural Revolution China.

Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai. He was selected for membership of the Chinese Writers' Association and published poetry, translations and criticism in China. He has lived in the United States since 1989 and has an M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature awarded by Washington University. He has been the recipient of the Missouri Biennial Award, the Prairie Schooner Readers' Choice Award, a Yaddo and a Ford Foundation Fellowship. He lives in St. Louis with his wife and daughter.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.10.2006
Reihe/Serie	Oberinspektor Chen ; Vol.3
Zusatzinfo	n/a
Sprache	englisch
Maße	111 x 19 mm
Gewicht	170 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
Schlagworte	Englisch; Krimis/Thriller • Shanghai; Krimis/Thriller
ISBN-10	0-340-89757-0 / 0340897570
ISBN-13	978-0-340-89757-7 / 9780340897577
Zustand	Neuware