I'll try resending this -- sorry. The pasted text maybe had
some HTML. If it doesn't work now, I'll forget it (rather
than retype).
I'm on another list where the following query was
posted. Does anyone know
the answer (maybe Etienne Borgers)? Doesn't sound
hard-boiled, but sounds
like an interesting piece of the crime fiction history
puzzle. (the now
generally silent) Doug
I am trying to identify the title and author of some books
originally written in French.
Growing up in Taiwan I read a series of detective books in
Chinese. They featured a very clever detective/crook who
stole money from the rich and gave the money to the poor. He
constantly outwitted Sherlock Holmes, who looked like an
idiot in these books. (do we detect any British-French
rivalries here?) The stories are set in France, often Paris,
my guess is during the 1800s. The name of the detective/crook
in Chinese is ya-sen, lo-bin. Robin is probably his first
name. The French author is Morris something
(Mo-li-shi, lu-bu-liang.)
I would like to locate versions of these books in English or
French. My friend mentioned a website at U Chicago where
people can ask questions like this. If any of you literary
wizards on this list knows what I'm talking about, or a
website where I can ask, I'd really appreciate it.
By the way, I am trying to order books in Chinese. If you
know a good source for that, that would be great.
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