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Classical in form, cool, resolved and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Robert van Gulik
- First published
- 1971
- Pages
- 160
- Publisher
- Lian pu chu ban, Diogenes, Fa xing Cheng bang wen hua
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- German, Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9789574694198
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About Robert van Gulik · 1910–1967
Dutch orientalist, diplomat and writer
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