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The rain has soaked the hair
Falling to your shoulders
Light green in your policewoman’s
Uniform, like the spring
White blossom bursting
From your arms reaching
Into the gaping windows -
‘Here you are!’
About the last thing I expected from this detective novel was a poetry-spouting Chief Inspector.
Chen not only recites classical Chinese poetry but is himself a published poet – as well as a translator of western poems and even mysteries. And he is a bit of a gourmet as well.
I love when writers detail mea ...more
Falling to your shoulders
Light green in your policewoman’s
Uniform, like the spring
White blossom bursting
From your arms reaching
Into the gaping windows -
‘Here you are!’
About the last thing I expected from this detective novel was a poetry-spouting Chief Inspector.
Chen not only recites classical Chinese poetry but is himself a published poet – as well as a translator of western poems and even mysteries. And he is a bit of a gourmet as well.
I love when writers detail mea ...more
Inspector Chen is a good cop and a good poet. He is thrust into the case of his career when a National Model Worker is murdered. This is a good police procedural with great insight into Chinese culture and its political machinations. He and his coworker, Yu, are very interesting characters and their frustrations at the investgation's turns are at some times, palpable. The ending, though not as satisfying for them, satisfied me completely.
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Dec 12, 2010
Alexandra
marked it as to-read
