The Lacquer Screen

Robert van Gulik

Original title: The lacquer screen

first published 1962 David & Charles Publishers, 1982 180 pages

50 classics of crime fiction, 1950-1975

From Goodreads: "Early in his career, 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 he is losing his mind and will murder his own wife. Meanwhile, a banker has inexplicably killed himself, and a lovely lady has allowed Dee's lieutenant, Chiao Tai, to believe she is a courte...

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Qi hua ping feng qi an edition · 2001 · Lian pu chu ban · 250 pages
The lacquer screen edition · 1992 · University of Chicago Press · 180 pages
The lacquer screen edition · 1983 · Garland Pub. · 180 pages
The Lacquer Screen edition · 1982 · David & Charles Publishers · 180 pages

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