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Eight Skilled Gentlemen

Barry Hughart

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#5861 of 8,085 books · #1122 in Fantasy

Shortlisted for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1992).

When a resepcted mandarin is murdered in the heart of the Forbidden City, Master Li and his sidekick, Number Ten Ox, are called in to investigate. Thus begins a Sherlockian adventure that takes Master Li and Number Ten Ox--accompanied by a scarred puppeteer and his shamanka daughter--on a wild chase across China. With murder, mayhem, and magic aplenty, and Chinese folklore and literary references thrown into the mix, Eight Skilled Gentlemen is a hilarious romp through Ancient China.

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Publisher
Crown
ISBN-13
9780307768629
Topics
Murder investigationChinese folklore and mythologyAdventure and magic

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