The Book of Swindles
| Author | : Yingyu Zhang |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 226 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0231178638 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780231178631 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Book of Swindles by : Yingyu Zhang
Download or read book The Book of Swindles written by Yingyu Zhang and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Swindles, a seventeenth-century story collection, offers a panoramic guide to the art of deception. Ostensibly a manual for self-protection, it presents a tableau of criminal ingenuity in late Ming China. Each story comes with commentary by the author, who expounds a moral lesson while also speaking as a connoisseur of the swindle.
