by Qiu Xiaolong · Soho Crime · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781569472422
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«Death of a Red Heroine» is the crime novel by Qiu Xiaolong, published by Soho Crime in paperback (464 pages, in English).
Chief Inspector Chen Cao, of the Shanghai special squad, investigates the death of a young woman considered a national model worker and admired for her loyalty to the Communist Party. As he reconstructs her private life, he uncovers a web of secrets and corruption reaching into circles of power, and must tread carefully among his superiors to avoid risking his career.
First installment in the Inspector Chen series. Won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for the Edgar Award.
For readers seeking mysteries with political undertones and a contemporary China setting.
Qiu Xiaolong is a Chinese American crime novelist, poet, translator, critic, and academic. Born in Shanghai, he originally visited the United States in 1988 to write a book about T. S. Eliot, but remained in the US following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.
