A detective story set in 7th century China. In this tale Judge Dee visits a senior magistrate who shows him a beautiful lacquer screen on which a scene of lovers has been mysteriously altered to show the man stabbing his lover. The magistrate fears that he is losing his mind and will kill his wife.
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A detective story set in 7th century China. In this tale Judge Dee visits a senior magistrate who shows him a beautiful lacquer screen on which a scene of lovers has been mysteriously altered to show the man stabbing his lover. The magistrate fears that he is losing his mind and will kill his wife.
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Very good. GULIK, Robert Van. The Lacquer Screen (Judge Dee Mystery) A Chinese Detective Story. ISBN: 9971490137. Graham Brash, Singapore, 1986, Asian Edition paperback, VG, postscript by author, illustrated from ten b/w sketches drawn by the author in Chinese style, 180 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and crisp, edges of text block dust marked, top of title page and endpapers tanned Wraps clean and crisp, lightly sunned, light bump to spine tail. FICTION, COLLECTORS P.
