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      Eight Skilled Gentlemen

      by Barry Hughart
      Published
      Dec 1990
      Main Genre
      Fantasy Fantasy
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      255
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      Series
      A Master Li Novel Book 3

      About This Book

      Once again World Fantasy Award-winner Barry Hughart blends folklore and fantasy to create a work of enchantment set in an ancient China that never was... but should have been. Master Li and Number Ten Ox -- heroes of Bridge of Birds and The Story of the Stone -- return to solve the mystery of how and why respected mandarins are being mysteriously murdered. Unbelievably, the only suspects appear to be mythical demons....

      Series Placement

      Book 3
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      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Alternative History Fantasy Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery

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      First Edition Dec 1990 Broadway ISBN 0385417101
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      Dec 1990 Doubleday ISBN 0385417098
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      Jan 2011 Crown ISBN 0307768627
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