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Roman Blood
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Avant-gardes du XXe siècle: arts & littérature, 1905-1930
Caesar's Commentaries: On the Gallic War and On the Civil War
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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories: Volumes I and II
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La danseuse de Mao (French Edition)
The weakest of all Inspector Chen books so far. This is the newest one. Centered around Mao and the huge shadow the old president still cast upon China, Chen is given a sensitive case to find out what the grand daughter of an ex-mistress of Mao might have on the dead president. The plot is thin, the resolution is revealed in a hurry and comes from left field. We learn nothing new about the Inspector, his crew Yu, Yu's wife and Yu's father are only ghosts characters in this tale of madness and shadows. Disappointing.
 - Qiu Xiaolong, Fanchita Gonzalez Batlle)