John Haynes is Lecturer in Film Studies in the Department of History at the University of Essex
Evoke the nostalgic China of old China hands, replete with rickshaws, coolies and singsing girls...satisfying accounts of the follies and foibles of the British diplomats and expatriates who stubbornly ignore the native culture and labor to create little enclaves of Chelsea and Soho in Asia Los Angeles Times Masterly...carefully wrought prose sketches...The magical, mysterious East is richly portrayed Newsday A fascinating volume - vivid, thoughtful, full of colour New York Times