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Once again World Fantasy Award-winner Barry Hughart blends folklore and fantasy to create a work of enchantment set in an ancient China that never was…but should have been. Master Li and Number Ten Ox—heroes of Bridge of Birds and The Story of the Stone—return to solve the mystery of how and why respected mandarins are being mysteriously murdered. Unbelievably, the only suspects appear to be mythical demons…
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Eight Skilled Gentleman, Barry Hughart
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- Released
- 2001
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Barry Hughart
- Publisher
- DOUBLEDAY & CO
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 255
- ISBN10
- 0385417101
- ISBN13
- 9780385417105
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Humor, Murders, Detective Fiction, Supernatural Beings, Vampires, China, Islands, Historical Fantasy, Thefts and Robberies
- Original title
- Eight skilled gentlemen
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- Once again World Fantasy Award-winner Barry Hughart blends folklore and fantasy to create a work of enchantment set in an ancient China that never was…but should have been. Master Li and Number Ten Ox—heroes of Bridge of Birds and The Story of the Stone—return to solve the mystery of how and why respected mandarins are being mysteriously murdered. Unbelievably, the only suspects appear to be mythical demons…