By Dennis Fischman One of the great things about reading a mystery that’s set in a different time and place is that it makes you learn, in an enjoyable way, what’s normal and expected then and there. Without knowing that, you wouldn’t be able to see what was out of place, and a clue! That is one of the pleasures of Enigma of China, by Qiu Xiaolong. Qiu’s Inspector Chen Cao series began being published way back in 2000, long after the Mao era and…
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