Sounds like you might mean Stumpers, http://domin.dom.edu/depts/gslis/stumpers/#post
, although it isn't at the University of Chicago. There's
also an academic mystery research list, but I haven't seen
anything of it for several months and don't know more
specifics offhand.
Joy
> 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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