{"product_id":"the-chinaman-9781904738213","title":"The Chinaman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"After reading Friedrich Glauser's dark tour de force \u003ci\u003eIn Matto's Realm\u003c\/i\u003e, it's easy to see why the German equivalent of the Edgar Allan Poe Award is dubbed 'The Glauser.'\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the Sergeant Studer series: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThumbprint\u003c\/i\u003e is a fine example of the craft of detective writing in a period which fans will regard as the golden age of crime fiction.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIn Matto's Realm\u003c\/i\u003e is a gem that contains echoes of D rrenmatt, Fritz Lang's film \u003ci\u003eM\u003c\/i\u003e and Thomas Mann's \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e. Both a compelling mystery and an illuminating, finely wrought mainstream novel.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen, in later years, Sergeant Studer told the story of the Chinaman, he called it the story of three places, as the case unfolded in a Swiss country inn, in a poorhouse, and in a horticultural college. Three places and two murders. Anna Hungerlott, supposedly dead from gastric influenza, left behind handkerchiefs with traces of arsenic. One foggy November morning the enigmatic James Farny, nicknamed the Chinaman by Studer, was found lying on Anna's grave. Murdered, a single pistol shot to the heart that did not pierce his clothing. This is the fourth in the Sergeant Studer series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFriedrich Glauser\u003c\/b\u003e is a legendary figure in European crime writing. He was a morphine and opium addict much of his life and began writing crime novels while an inmate of the Swiss asylum for the insane at Waldau.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bitter Lemon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781904738213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.71h x 5.15w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/05\/2007 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2007 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Friedrich Glauser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41071725871285,"sku":"9781904738213","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ad8d912c-94ed-43f0-b3ea-98fa1d89a14e.jpg?v=1632232596","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-chinaman-9781904738213","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}