Here's the other book I'm reading this January!
I picked it up on a whim -- I think it was on a New Fiction display or something (aka a great place to do your book shopping). It's a who-dunnit mystery about a Jesuit priest who gets done in right before the Emperor is going to make a big eclipse display. The hero is an exiled librarian who also loves truth and justice (of course! He's a librarian after all). The characters aren't all that gripping, or even really distinguishable from one another. The author doesn't employ much in the way of "Chinese flavor" or stereotypes in order to color the story, which is nice. It's also interesting to learn about the Jesuit presence in China, which is something I must admit I knew nothing about.
Worth checking out,
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