The Monkey and the Tiger: Two Chinese Detective Stories
Book Details
Author(s)Robert Hans Van Gulik
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN / ASIN0226848698
ISBN-139780226848693
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank465,846
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The Monkey and The Tiger includes two detective stories, "The Morning of the Monkey" and "The Night of the Tiger." In the first, a gibbon drops an emerald in the open gallery of Dee's official residence, leading the judge to discover a strangely mutilated body in the woods—and how it got there. In the second, Dee is traveling to the imperial capital to assume a new position when he is separated from his escort by a flood. Marooned in a large country house surrounded by fierce bandits, Dee confronts an apparition that helps him solve a mystery.

