The Chinese Room Author:Vivian Connell Few books of our time have achieved more notoriety than Vivian Connell's THE CHINESE ROOM. With Lady Chatterly's Lover and Tropic of Cancer, it is often cited as an outstanding example of literary daring. It has been banned, withdrawn from libraries, condemned on countless occasions, and yet it still continues to exercise its overwhelming fasc... more »ination. Its extraordinary aura of illicit love and forbidden pleasure has only grown more intense over the years.« less