Details: The Author Explores His China Curios, Some Tangible, Like Opium Pipes And Cricket 'palaces', Some Intangible, Like Memories And Dreams. His 'cabinet Of Curiosities' Contains A Whole Anthology Of Strange Tales; Of The Erotic Adventures Of The 'old Buddha' Empress Dowager, Of Two Extraordinary Foreign Hermits In China, Of Murder And Mystery In The 'badlands' Of Beijing And The Demi-monde Of Chinese Theatre And Of Poignant Ruins That Serve Both As Witnesses To The Tragedy Of Past East-west Encounters And As Potential Sources Of Future Understanding
