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作品以一系列官场片段呈现地方官僚体系的运作與人情世故:候補與現任官員以宴請、送禮和仲介打點差使,有人賄賂巡捕與上司以保留職位,亦有投機者以豪宴贿赂攀附權貴求升遷。小人物的哀求和公開的討好形成鮮明對照,敘事採插敘與細節描寫,冷眼觀察任命、守制與權力交易中的虛偽與腐敗,兼具諷刺與現實主義筆調。
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