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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Unexpectedly appointed magistrate in a country district in Hongkong the author found himself plunged into a Chinese world about which he knew next to nothing and had to learn as fast as possible. This he does taking the reader with him through the errors puzzles and bafflements of sixteen cases which came into his court. Whether he is dealing with cows watercress beds squatters dragons quarrelling wives or a Buddhist abbot the author brings his reader into each case as if the reader were the actual judge and at a given moment the solution comes to the reader as it came to the magistrate. Austin Coates has lived the greater part of his life in the East since 1944 when war service brought him to India. Born in London in 1922 son of the composer Eric Coates he combined the early part of his writing career with work as a colonial administrator diplomat and adviser on Chinese affairs. He left government service in 1962 and has since resided mainly in Hongkong.