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A review by dmendels
Enigma of China by Qiu Xiaolong
5.0
Not sure this is really a 5 star book, but I have loved this quirky series and loved this one too, perhaps the best.
This is the 8th book in the Inspector Chen series, a police procedural set in recent/contemporary Shanghai. Inspector Chen is a poet, epicure and detective and the books paint a very rich portrait of life in contemporary Shanghai as a mid-level Cadre. Blending history, literature, food porn, and a clever mystery, they are good fun. Quirky, even nerdy, but would recommend to anyone who likes either the genre or is interested in modern Shanghai and life in China.
This is the 8th book in the Inspector Chen series, a police procedural set in recent/contemporary Shanghai. Inspector Chen is a poet, epicure and detective and the books paint a very rich portrait of life in contemporary Shanghai as a mid-level Cadre. Blending history, literature, food porn, and a clever mystery, they are good fun. Quirky, even nerdy, but would recommend to anyone who likes either the genre or is interested in modern Shanghai and life in China.