tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post3783150363455792646..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: The Chinese Bell MurdersJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-73379923459646668602012-10-20T07:54:28.660-07:002012-10-20T07:54:28.660-07:00How neat that you know them! The library has seve...How neat that you know them! The library has several of them, so I will happily read more. Too bad they are in hardback and thus not good gym reading material.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-69486994689492065692012-10-20T05:19:32.610-07:002012-10-20T05:19:32.610-07:00Oh Robert van Gulik! I adore his Judge Dee books, ...Oh Robert van Gulik! I adore his Judge Dee books, read them in Dutch when I was in my teens. Glad to see another fan of his books :)<br />I vaguely remember his grandson (or another member of his family) retiring from teaching at my university only a few years ago. That van Gulik was a Japan specialist though, so I never took classes with him. <br /><br />Will you be reading more of Judge Dee?Chinoiserieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16676489630557961558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-5657255437761983322012-10-16T08:46:36.650-07:002012-10-16T08:46:36.650-07:00I find this terribly intriguing, esp since I'v...I find this terribly intriguing, esp since I've had such luck w Pearl Buck's novels (as opposed to many of the actual Chinese authors I've read, which I've had difficult connecting with/found distasteful/etc.). Putting it on my TBR list!Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.com