The Red Pavilion: A Judge Dee Mystery
Condition: SECONDHAND
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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.
Author: Robert van Gulik
Format: Paperback, 185 pages, 14mm x 20mm, 255 g
Published: 2005, The University of Chicago Press, United States
Genre: Crime, Thriller & Adventure
Description
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.
The Red Pavilion: A Judge Dee Mystery