{"product_id":"9780312204785","title":"The Skull Mantra - Pattison, Eliot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Skull Mantra\u003c\/u\u003e by Pattison, Eliot\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover with Dust Jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by St. Martin's Minotaur, 1998\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen a headless corpse is found by a prison work gang on a windy Tibetan mountainside, veteran police inspector Shan Tao Yun might seem the perfect man to solve the crime - except Shan himself is in that very Tibetan prison for offending the Party in Beijing. Desperate to close the case before an American tourist delegation arrives, the district commander has no choice but to grant a temporary release from prison to the brilliant and embittered Shan, while confronting him with an ultimatum: solve the case fast and in a politically expedient fashion or the Tibetan priests in Shan's work brigade will be punished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Minotaur, 1998","offers":[{"title":"The Skull Mantra \/ Very Good","offer_id":55920415801636,"sku":"9780312204785VG","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_2d50dea3-fd79-496d-adbe-dcbb02bd3bb7.jpg?v=1785083151","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780312204785","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}