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  • ROCK PAPER TIGER. by Brackmann, Lisa.
    Brackmann, Lisa.
    ROCK PAPER TIGER.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: SOHO Press, (2011). SIGNED - The author's very unusual and interesting debut novel, featuring a young American Iraq War vet, estranged from her husband and adrift in modern Beijing, where she is hanging out on the fringes of the contemporary Chinese art scene. SIGNED on the title page. 345 pp plus a reader's guide. ISBN: 978-1569479513.

    Condition: Fine in red illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 62935
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  • BLACK SNOW. by Heng, Liu.
    Heng, Liu.
    BLACK SNOW.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - Translated from Chinese by Howard Goldblatt. The second novel by one of China's most important young writers, a "portrait of a dissatisfied and emotionally illiterate young man's desperate search for meaning and companionship in the grey world under totalitarianism." 261 pp. ISBN: 0-871135302.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (crease on dj flap).

    Book ID: 86537
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  • DEATH OF A BLUE LANTERN. by West, Christopher.
    West, Christopher.
    DEATH OF A BLUE LANTERN.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Collins Crime / HarperCollins, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first crime novel, set in modern China, and introducing "dedicated Beijing police detective Wang Anzhuang. Wang was a loyal party member, but his faith was shaken by the brutality of Tianamen Square. Now when a murder points to Triad mob treachery leading to the Party, Wang must confront his faith once again, reconciling loyalty with duty, while fighting for his reputation, and his life." Glossary, 208 pp. ISBN: 0-002325136.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (toning to pages, as is common with UK editions).

    Book ID: 89911
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