by Qiu Xiaolong · Books4pocket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496829169
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«Muerte de una heroína roja» is the mystery novel by Qiu Xiaolong, published by Books4pocket in paperback (512 pages, in Spanish).
In 1990s Shanghai, Chief Inspector Chen Cao investigates the death of Guan Hong Ying, a young labor heroine turned symbol of the regime. The case, a year after Tiananmen, mixes corruption, political loyalties, and personal secrets, and paints a critical portrait of China in transition.
First installment of the Inspector Chen Cao series. It won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel and was a finalist for the Edgar Award.
For readers of crime fiction interested in contemporary China and police plots with political undertones.
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.
