Peking duck: a Moses Wine detective novel
by Simon, Roger L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0671228803
- ISBN 13
- 9780671228804
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Synopsis
Private eye Moses Wine is offered a guided tour of the People's Republic, the U.S.-China Friendship Study Tour Number Five, arranged by the China Friendship Societyan organization in which Moses' Aunt Sonya was an officer. He needed to get away from the personal injury cases, murder investigations, and monotony of life. But China has a way of springing surprises, and soon California's hippest ex-radical detective is chasing down the priceless Han Dynasty Peking Duck, falling for a gorgeous dragon lady in a Mao suitand fighting for his life across a vast, mysterious land he barely knows.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10608
- Title
- Peking duck: a Moses Wine detective novel
- Author
- Simon, Roger L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0671228803
- ISBN 13
- 9780671228804
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Labor - American; Detective fiction; China;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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