Chi
Wei-Jan (b.1954) holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of
Iowa, and is now professor of drama and theatre at National Taiwan
University. He is a successful playwright and has written and
produced many plays, including MIT: MAD IN TAIWAN (2008), THE MAHJONG
GAME Trilogy (1997-2007), REEL MURDERS (2005), UTOPIA LTD (2001) and
ONE BED, FOUR PLAYERS (1999). He has also published several books of
essays including SERIOUSLY PLAYFUL (2004) and MISUNDERSTANDING
SHAKESPEARE (2008).
PRIVATE EYES is Chi Wei-Jan's first novel. Winner
of almost every major literary award, it became a publishing sensation in Taiwan in 2011, topping the bestseller charts and going through five printings in only two months. PRIVATE EYES is a brilliant literary
detective novel in which a failed-academic-turned-sleuth tries to
make sense of the absurdity of modern life, and to prove his
innocence in a series of murders. The first ever serial killer in
Taiwan? A family scandal that points to a case of corruption? A Buddhist fanatic who turns to killing
people as a way of “salvation”? These are just some of the elements that make this such a deliciously dark, yet comic novel.
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