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Eight Skilled Gentlemen (Mass Market Paperback)

by Barry Hughart (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 255 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; Reprint edition (31 Dec 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553295632
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553295634
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.9 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,732,579 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Master Li, the Sherlock Holmes of a mythical China, struggles with a bizarre mystery involving the murdering of mandarins, as evidence points to the Eight Skilled Gentlemen, long-dead shamans who engage demon-deities to perform their evil deeds.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Steven Spielburg take note..., 30 Jun 2002
By Mrs M U Fletcher (PLYMOUTH, Devon United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eight Skilled Gentleman (Paperback)
"Monsters, mandarins and murder..."
Eight Skilled Gentlemen, like the others in the Li Kao series would make a great film. Dreamworks should take note (expecially after the sucess of Mulan!"
Currently the last in the series of "memoirs of Number Ten Ox" "when's the next one coming out?" is the plea from fans.
Number Ten Ox who we met in "Bridge of Birds" is now Master Li's trusted assistant, and this case is their most dangerous yet.
Starting off with an encounter with a Vampire Ghoul in broad daylight, devious mandarins perverting old techology in a sumggling scandal, several very messy murders when this goes wrong, and all leading to the most important boat race in history.
Once again Barry Hughart seems to keep several seperate levels of reality interacting within the story until the last chapter when they are all revealed to be one and the same. There may be some accusations of purple mice from the purists of literature; but those of us who just enjoy a good tale, well told, will rate this a cracking good read.
The only problem is that after this one, where do Ox and Li Kao end up next?
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4.0 out of 5 stars update from J Birch, the "Reader from England", 22 Oct 2003
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This review is from: Eight Skilled Gentleman (Paperback)
I confess to being anonymous last time.
After a suitble break I have now re-read the whole Master Lea series, including Eight Skilled Gentlemen.
As I expected I did enjoy the third title in the series more the seccond time around, though it is still not quite the rip roaring fun of Bridge of Birds and Story of the Stone. The ending does look like Barry was bringing the series to a close - but we will never know unless more creep out of the wood work. Worth buying if you are a Master Lea fan
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4.0 out of 5 stars update from the "Reader from England", 22 Oct 2003
By J E Birch (Endland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eight Skilled Gentleman (Paperback)
I confess to being anonymous last time.
After a suitble break I have now re-read the whole Master Lea series, including Eight Skilled Gentlemen.
As I expected I did enjoy the third title in the series more the seccond time around, though it is still not quite the rip roaring fun of Bridge of Birds and Story of the Stone. The ending does look like Barry was bringing the series to a close - but we will never know unless more creep out of the wood work. Worth buying if you are a Master Lea fan
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5.0 out of 5 stars Class mystery and fantasy.
At the end of the day this is not as good as Bridge of Birds, but then very little is.

If this plot was transferred to London and Master Li was changed to Sherlock Holmes this... Read more

Published on 7 Jul 2002 by ralph williams

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading with Bridge of Birds and Story of the Stone
Having read, re-read, and thoroughly enjoyed "Bridge of Birds" and "Story of the Stone" I really looked forward to reading "Eight Skilled... Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine fantasy about ancient China as it never really was.
This is the third in the series of stories (after The Bridge of Birds, and The Story of the Stone), set in an ancient China that we can easily imagine existing hundreds of years... Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2000 by alanlawson@cableinet.co.uk

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