000 02366cam a22003133u 4500
001 5697
003 UtSlPG
005 20260610133142.0
006 m
007 cr n
008 260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d
040 _aUtSlPG
041 7 _aen
_2iso639-1
050 4 _aPR
100 1 _aRohmer, Sax,
_d1883-1959
245 1 0 _aTales of Chinatown
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2004-05-01
505 0 _aThe daughter of Huang Chow -- Kerry's kid -- The pigtail of Hi Wing Ho -- The house of golden joss -- The man with the shaven skull -- The white hat -- Tcheriapin -- The dance of the veils -- The hand of the Mandarin Quong -- The key of the temple of heaven.
508 _aProduced by Alan Johns, and David Widger
520 _a"Tales of Chinatown" by Sax Rohmer is a collection of detective fiction written during the early 20th century. The book dives into the gritty and mysterious underbelly of London's Chinatown, exploring themes of crime, intrigue, and cultural clashes through the perspectives of various characters involved in the shadowy dealings of the notorious Huang Chow and his associates. The opening of the book introduces two characters, Jim Poland and Freddy Cohen, who are engaged in a tense conversation at a public house near Chinatown. Poland suspects Cohen's involvement in the recent death of a Chinaman and warns him about the dangers associated with old Huang Chow, hinting at hidden treasures and a web of crime surrounding the area. The dialogue sets a claustrophobic atmosphere filled with threats and unspoken fears, underlying the tension between the two men as they navigate the underworld's dangerous currents. Chief Inspector Kerry is soon introduced as he investigates the connection between these events and the deaths that plague the community, laying the groundwork for a story that intertwines mystery and crime against a backdrop of cultural intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aChinese -- Foreign countries -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5697
999 _c47724
_d47724