Mo, Yan  (, 1955-) <br/><br/>
The republic of wine 
 Jiu guo. 
/ Mo, Yan ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt 
 - New York  : Arcade Publishing  , 2012, c1992. 
 - v, 355 p.  ; 23 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Originally published under the title Jiu guo in 1992 by the Hung-fan Book Company in Taiwan."--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/> In this hypnotic epic novel, Mo Yan, the most critically acclaimed Chinese writer of this generation, takes us on a journey to a conjured province of contemporary China known as the Republic of Wine, a corrupt and hallucinatory world filled with superstitions, gargantuan appetites, and surrealistic events. When rumors reach the authorities that strange and excessive gourmandise is being practiced in the city of Liquorland (so named for the staggering amount of alcohol produced and consumed there), veteran special investigator Ding Gou'er is dispatched from the capital to discover the truth. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781611457292 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00343446 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Mo, Yan (, 1955) ---Translations into English
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cannibalism----China----Fiction<br/>Detectives----China----Fiction<br/>Liquors
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Mystery fiction
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PL2886.O1684  / J5813 2000a 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>FIC MO