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Biggers, Earl Derr

 
9780897335799: The House Without a Key: Charlie Chan Mystery
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0897335791 ISBN 13 : 9780897335799
Editeur : Chicago Review Press, 2008

Synopsis

Charlie Chan is back!

Earl Derr Biggers' crackling six-volume series featuring the clever, chubby Chinese Detective of the Honolulu Police Department, is coming back into print.

Biggers brings Honolulu to life with his deft descriptions of the landscape and its hybrid ethnic communities. And with the creation of Inspector Chan, Biggers also shatters stereotypes and is ahead of his time in highlighting the positive aspects of Chinese-Hawaiian culture.

In this first novel, published in 1925, Chan comes to the aid of an aristocratic Boston family who find themselves in dire straits over what has befallen Dan Winterslip, the black sheep of the family, who lives in a mansion on Waikiki Beach -- the house without a key.

The troubles begin when a young nephew is dispatched by the family in Boston to retrieve a wayward aunt who has overstayed her welcome in Dan Winterslip's house.

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À propos de l'auteur

Earl Derr Biggers born in Warren, Ohio in 1884. He graduated from Harvard University in 1907, and lived for many years in California. He wrote six novels featuring detective Charlie Chan, who became a staple of the movies. He died in Pasadena, CA in 1933.

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Éditeur
Chicago Review Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0897335791
ISBN 13 
9780897335799
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
286
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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