POETS AND MURDER

by Robert Van Gulik ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 15, 1972

A virtuous house is blessed by numerous progeny"" and this is another one of Mr. van Gulik's ornamentally penned tales of the Tang Dynasty's Judge Dee who this time is attended by a versifying magistrate and a Court Poet and an Academician as he investigates the murder of a student who had been investigating fox magic in the archives. Then there's the Black Fox Shrine at the end of the city and the girl Saffron whose beginning (illegitimate daughter of a general) and demise (rabies) provide yet another Chinese puzzle for tea-and-poet-tasters.

Pub Date: Feb. 15, 1972

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Scribners

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1972

Categories: FICTION