Barry Hughart: 3 books

Book cover of The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox
by Barry Hughart
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011

When I got out of Andover in the 1950s I suffered from fairly severe depression, but this was back when the only such term recognized by the medical profession was “depressive” following “manic” which was one bad gig until some genius renamed it “bipolar disorder” and after that it couldn’t...
Book cover of Eight Skilled Gentlemen
by Barry Hughart
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2010

The third book in the Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox series When a resepcted mandarin is murdered in the heart of the Forbidden City, Master Li and his sidekick, Number Ten Ox, are called in to investigate. Thus begins a Sherlockian adventure that takes Master Li and Number Ten Ox--accompanied...
Book cover of The Story of the Stone
by Barry Hughart
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011

Set in a mythical, medieval China where folklore and history are indistinguishable, a dead monk, an ancientand now missingmanuscript, and a ghostly murderer entice the venerable Master Li and his faithful companion Number Ten Ox into the Valley of Sorrows for a deadly and uproarious confrontation with the long-dead Laughing Prince.
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