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Sandalwood Death

by Mo Yan

Univ. of Oklahoma. 2012. 424p. ISBN 9780806143392. pap. $24.95.

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An opera singer, who is a leader of the Boxer Rebellion, is put to an excruciating death in this historical novel.

Reviewed by Staff , Apr 01, 2013

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