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Sample of authors
Qiu Xiaolong
Qiu Xiaolong is a Chinese author, poet, translator and scholar. He was born in Shanghai and grew up in post-revolution China. During the Cultural Revolution, when students were forced into the countryside to "learn from the peasants", Qiu remained in the city as he was often bedridden due to a respiratory problem. With nothing to do during long, tedious days he began to practice tai chi in the...
Literary figures
Joshua Clunk
Gender: Male
He is a lawyer and one of the more unsympathetic problem solvers in crime fiction. He is a greedy hypocrite and uses dubious juridical tricks to have his clients found ‘not guilty’. He likes best to be at home with his only wife, whom author H.C.Bailey variously calls Maria, Rachel and Emma. But when he wants to be, Joshua Clunk is also a skilful detective who manages to prove the innocence of sev...