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Title: The Chinese Parrot by Earl Derr Biggers ISBN: 0-445-40211-3 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: February, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Charlie Chan Meets a bilingual Parrot
Comment: Sally Jordan is a Honolulu heiress who is forced to sell a valuable set of pearls. The pearls are sold to Wall Street financier P.J. Madden through a local jeweler named Alexander Eden. The plan is to deliver the pearls to Madden in New York City. Charlie Chan and the jeweler's son Bob are selected to make the delivery. Charlie and Bob learn en route that there has been a change of plans and the pearls will now be taken to Madden's ranch in the California desert. Charlie is suspicious and decides to send Bob ahead to the ranch without the pearls while he arrives later disguised as a Chinese cook. The Chinese Parrot was produced as a silent film by Universal in 1926 with the role of Chan played by Kamiyama Sojin, a Japanese actor.
Rating: 3
Summary: The Chinese Parrot - Charlie Chan
Comment: Of late, Charlie Chan is viewed with disfavor, due to the fact that he is an Oriental stereotype. However, nobody can deny that he is smarter than everyone around him, as he proves in this, the second Charlie Chan mystery. The murder mystery revolves around a mysterious millionaire, a valuable necklace, and a parrot who speaks of murder before being killed. Chan is confined to supporting character status for the most of the book, as Bob Eden, the jeweler's son who tags along for the ride, takes the lead; while Chan disguises himself as a servent in the millionaire's house, Eden is out romancing, discovering clues and making friends. This leads for an EXTREMELY leisurely mystery - since Eden, not Chan is the main character here. Still, the book is charming, full of pleasant characters, witty lines ("Golf has ruined more good men than whiskey.") and an endearing, smoking-room atmosphere. And the ending is a doozy. A fully competent mystery.
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Title: Behind That Curtain (Charlie Chan) by Earl Derr Biggers, Earl Derr Biggers ISBN: 0445402148 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: April, 1987 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Black Camel (Charlie Chan Mysteries) by Earl Derr Biggers ISBN: 0445402156 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: October, 1987 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Charlie Chan Carries on by Earl Derr Biggers ISBN: 0445402210 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: November, 1987 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: House Without A Key by Earl Derr Biggers ISBN: B000023VWQ Publisher: Otto Penzler Pub. Date: 08 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Keeper of the Keys by Earl Derr Biggers ISBN: 0445402172 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: February, 1988 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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