About the Author

Peter Fleming (1907-1971), the brother of novelist Ian Fleming, wrote for the London Evening Standard, the Spectator, the BBC, and the Times of London. His travels took him to Mexico, Brazil, Russia, China, Japan, Tibet, and Manchuria. He died in a hunting accident in Scotland.

Reviews

"A simple blending of modesty and wit in disarming proportions...The result is something fresh and delightful in the literature of High Asia." --The New York Times