Myself a Mandarin
Memoirs of a Special Magistrate
Ranked #56 in Hong Kong
Unexpectedly appointed magistrate in a country district in Hongkong, the author found himself plunged into a Chinese world about which he knew next to nothing an had to learn as fast as possible.
This he does, taking the reader with him through the errors, puzzles, and bafflements of sixteen cases which came into his court.
Whether he is dealing with cows, watercress beds, squatters, dragons, quarrelling wives, or a Buddhist abbot, the author brings his reader into each case as if the reader were the actual judge, and at a given moment the solution comes to the reader as... more
This he does, taking the reader with him through the errors, puzzles, and bafflements of sixteen cases which came into his court.
Whether he is dealing with cows, watercress beds, squatters, dragons, quarrelling wives, or a Buddhist abbot, the author brings his reader into each case as if the reader were the actual judge, and at a given moment the solution comes to the reader as... more
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