| A Death in China Contributor(s): Hiaasen, Carl (Author), Montalbano, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375700676 ISBN-13: 9780375700675 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1998 Annotation: David Wang, a Chinese-American art historian, dies shortly after a visit to an ancient tomb housing priceless artifacts. Officials diagnose death by duck, a fatal confluence of culture shock and rich cuisine. But Wang's friend Tom Stratton suspects something more sinister, especially after the dead man's brother, a highly placed Party official tries to have him kidnapped. From a nightmarish interrogation to assasination by cobra, A Death in China takes readers on a trip with no rest stops through a world of claustrophobic mistrust and terrifying danger. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - International Crime & Mystery - Fiction | Thrillers - Crime - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98232935 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.68" W x 7.94" (0.48 lbs) 290 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Carl Hiaasen and the distinguished foreign correspondent Bill Montalbano comes a relentless novel of treachery and murder set in the clenched society of China, where even tomorrow's weather is a state secret. David Wang, a Chinese-American art historian, dies shortly after a visit to an ancient tomb housing priceless artifacts. Officials diagnose death by duck, a fatal confluence of culture shock and rich cuisine. But Wang's friend Tom Stratton suspects something more sinister, especially after the dead man's brother, a highly placed Party official, tries to have him kidnapped. From a nightmarish interrogation to assassination by cobra, A Death in China takes readers on a trip with no rest stops through a world of claustrophobic mistrust and terrifying danger. |