Qiu Xiaolong

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born

Shanghai, China

gender

male

website

http://www.qiuxiaolong.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Poetry

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Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai, China. He is the author of the award-winning Inspector Chen series of mystery novels, Death of a Red Heroine (2000), A Loyal Character Dancer (2002), When Red Is Black (2004), A Case of Two Cities (2006), Red Mandarin Dress (2007), and The Mao Case (2009). He is also the author of two books of poetry translations, Treasury of Chinese Love Poems (2003) and Evoking T'ang (2007), and his own poetry collection, Lines Around China (2003). Qiu's books have sold over a million copies and have been published in twenty languages. He currently lives in St. Louis with his wife and daughter.

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Books by Qiu Xiaolong

Average rating: 3.67 · 2,425 ratings · 480 reviews · 20 distinct works

	Death of a Red Heroine 3.78 avg rating — 795 ratings — published 2000 — 21 editions	My rating:
	A Loyal Character Dancer 3.77 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 2002 — 17 editions	My rating:
	When Red Is Black 3.64 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Red Mandarin Dress 3.59 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions	My rating:
	A Case of Two Cities 3.54 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Mao Case 3.44 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Years of Red Dust: Stories of Shanghai 3.68 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Don't Cry, Tai Lake: An Inspector Chen Novel 3.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	My rating:
	100 Poems from Tang and Song Dynasties 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Classic Chinese Love Poems 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2003	My rating:

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Series by Qiu Xiaolong

Inspector Chen Cao (7 books)
by Qiu Xiaolong

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Quotes by Qiu Xiaolong

“The wind languished. The floral curtain ceased flapping. The moonlight streamed through, lighting up her face. It was a young, animated face. At that moment, it touched a string, a peg, deep inside him.”
― Qiu Xiaolong

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“Tripes, poumons, coeur de porc, etc., tout cela cuit à la vapeur avec du vin de riz.”
― Qiu Xiaolong, The Mao Case

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