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The White Tiger (Nathan novel)

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The White Tiger
First edition
AuthorRobert Stuart Nathan
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller, fiction
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
1987
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardcover
Pages431
ISBN978-0-00-222978-4
OCLC17383738
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3564.A8495 W4 1987b

The White Tiger is a 1987 novel by Robert Stuart Nathan. The story takes place in China, after the rule of Mao Zedong. The book is divided into four parts, the titles of which are Chinese proverbs.

Plot summary

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Lu Hong, a policeman in Beijing finds himself in trouble after the death in strange circumstances of his mentor, Sun Sheng. Sheng was a friend of Hong's parents, and originally met them during the Long March with Mao Zedong from 1935 to 1948. Hong suspects that something is hidden behind his mentor's sudden death. He begins to look for the true story of what happened forty years ago, when his parents, Sheng and the Three Tigers were in the city of Yan'an with Mao Zedong. However, the silence of people who know, and subsequent deaths, impede his investigation.

Main characters

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  • Lu Hong, policeman
  • Sun Sheng, mentor of Hong
  • Liu Chan, Hong's assistant
  • Cui Chun, Hong's mother
  • Lu Yaomin, Hong's father
  • Ma Sufei, widow of Sun Sheng
  • Wei Ye, director of King Kong
  • Peter Ostrander, an American doctor

Locations

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