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Book Title: Lacquer Screen : a Chinese Detective Story
Item Length: 7in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 4.8in
Author: Robert Van Gulik
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective / General, Historical
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 1992
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 7.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 194 Pages
