A policeman unusual, designed as a series of short stories, followed by a final coup de theater. As in other volumes of the series, one is always in the seventeenth century, at the time when Vietnam is a rival empire to that of neighboring China. On the occasion of the coming of the imperial tax collector of a mega-banquet is held and each of the guests, gathered around the young and beautiful Mandarin Tan, should tell a story particularly crisp. Stories compete strangeness, alternating with dishes typical Far Eastern scents, the ingredients and preparation are related in the most minute detail. Odd for a supposedly novel policeman put us in front of a riddle and its solution. But patience things come, and the puzzle is where we least expect it, the terrible final bombshell coming reassure the mystery of avid reader. If the smell of lemongrass bothers you, close the book, but you will lose the essential ...
