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Köp båda 2 för 396 krNewcomers and fans alike will look forward to how Qiu raises the stakes for Chen in the next book * <b>Publishers Weekly Starred Review</b> * The plot is full of unpredictable detours and sidebars that intensify the pleasure of following Chen's vibrant curiosity. An exhilarating blend of recent history, mystery, and the writer's craft * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> * While series fans will be delighted at the background Qiu provides, this is an accessible starting point for newcomers ... in his superior 11th novel featuring Shanghai policeman and poet Chen Cao * <b>Publishers Weekly Starred Review</b> of <b>Becoming Inspector Chen</b> * Qiu's stylish hybrid is half fictional literary memoir and half crisp whodunit * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Becoming Inspector Chen</b> * Gripping ... A scathing indictment of contemporary China * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Becoming Inspector Chen</b> * Fans of mysteries about honest cops working for compromised regimes won't want to miss this one * <b>Library Journal Starred Review</b> of <b>Hold your Breath, China</b> * Fascinating ... Xiaolong writes with both urgency and grace about modern China in another well-crafted mystery * <b>Booklist Starred Review</b> of <b>Hold Your Breath, China</b> * Inspector Chen's 10th mystery effectively uses the genre to explore China's current pollution crisis * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Hold Your Breath, China</b> *
Anthony Award winning author Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai and moved to Washington University in St Louis, US, to complete a PhD degree in comparative literature. After the Tiananmen tragedy in 1989 he stayed on in St Louis where he still lives with his wife. Qiu's sold over two million copies of his Inspector Chen mysteries worldwide and been published in twenty languages. On top of his fiction, he is a prize-winning writer of poetry. All the titles in the Inspector Chen series, including Hold Your Breath, China, have been dramatized in BBC Radio 4 productions. www.qiuxiaolong.com