Sailing Through China Author:Paul Theroux Paul Theroux sailed down the Yangtze with a party of American millionaires. If this at times surprised the Chinese -- which it did -- both the idiosyncrasies of the company and the impressions of China itself provided rich material for the author. — One hesitates, in a Chinese context, to describe the books as 'sweet & sour... more »9;, but there could be worse descriptions: good humoredly observant on the foibles of his fellow countrymen, on the Chinese future he is often disquietingly apprehensive. Includes Patrick Procktor's black and white illustrations.« less