Liu Bannong, the pioneer of the New Culture Movement, has a masterpiece of investigation and control hidden behind the title of his poem. It has been re-translated into vernacular and newly released!
When it comes to Liu Bannong, we are familiar with him as the creator of the word "she" and the standard-bearer of the vernacular movement, but few know that he was also an early explorer of detective literature in the Republic of China. Different from the suspended curiosity of Western detective novels and the stylized narrative of traditional public case novels, Liu Bannong used the sensitivity of a literary man and the rigor of a scholar to integrate the fireworks of the Republic of China and the complexity of the times into each interlocking mystery.
This book collects all of Liu Bannong's detective novels. The book includes bizarre murder cases of small figures in the city, secret entanglements among literati, and truths that have been concealed in the tide of the times. The detection of each case is an inquiry into the good and evil of human nature, and a review of the society of the Republic of China.
