The Monkey and the Tiger
Two Chinese Detective Stories
by Robert van Gulik · 1965
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"In the first [story], a gibbon drops an emerald in the open gallery of Dee's official residence, leading the Judge to discover a strangely mutilated body in the woods. In the second, Dee is traveling to the imperial capital to assume his new position when he is separated from his escort by a flood and marooned in a large country house surrounded by fierce bandits"--P. [4] of cover.
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