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5.0 out of 5 stars This humble reviewer can not possibly do this book justice.., February 20, 2003

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Bramah sure can spin a phrase. The book is a collection of stories told by Kai Lung, and as such is excellent. You are transported back into this fictional China, where introductions can take hours as the two people flatter each other & humble themselves endlessly. The stories are very amusing, but be forewarned; the language takes some time to read through & comprehend. Not a book to breeze through (but oh so rewarding when you do read it!)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Truely great book, October 30, 1998

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The Kai Lung books have a nice dry humour, a beautifully way of turning a phrase and a concoluted way of using the english language. It is a China that never was but really ought to have been.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read, May 25, 2009

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I love the over-the-top pseudo-chinese-classical style of Bramah's writing: "It is indeed unlikely that you could condescend to stop and listen to the foolish words of such an insignificant and altogether deformed person as myself. Nevertheless, if you could retard your elegant footsteps for a few moments, this exeedingly unprepossessing individual will endeavor to entertain you."

If you don't like that style, you'll find it difficult to get past it to the entertaining and humorous stories of Kai Lung.

The formatting could use some improvement (uneven margins on my iPhone, double line breaks for paragraphs), but it's not too bad.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An Elegant Diversion
'The Wallet of Kai Lung' is a collection of tales told by the itinerant storyteller Kai Lung as he roams the purely fictitious ancient China of British author Ernest Brammah... Read more

Published 8 months ago by Bryan Byrd

2.0 out of 5 stars Kai Lung sadly off his form in this book
I'm a big fan of Kai Lung, but this installment disappointed me rather. The pseudo-Chinese is a little too twee, with the puppy-pies and the cute-ified but insufficiently... Read more

Published 10 months ago by Caleb Hanson

5.0 out of 5 stars Books to keep forever
Ernest Bramah is , in my humble opinion, one of the greatest weavers of tales ever. He has the ability to make me swoon with his wonderful use of words, his wit and humor.

Published on January 28, 2009 by James A. Root

2.0 out of 5 stars Moderately Amusing, Moderately Offensive
This collection of stories is a jumble of humorous anecdotes, not well connected or introduced. The only unifying elements are an over-elaberate mocking of Chinese literary... Read more

Published on November 3, 2007 by L. Goldstein

5.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable read
Well written, enjoyable, and chock-full of subtle moral lessons. At a time when so much of what passes for fantasy writing is nothing more than junk, Wallet of Kai Lung does not... Read more

Published on August 23, 2007 by Eve R. Bieber

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cash idols, printed leaves, rice spirit, superficial person

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kai Lung, Tung Fel, Yang Hu, Kin Yen, Chan Hung, Ping Siang, Fow Hou, Yung Chang, Yat Huang, Lee Sing, Middle Air, Chief of Bowmen, Sen Heng, Shan Tzu, Tieng Lin, Yan-hi Pung, Knei Yang, Mandarin Li Keen, Upper Air, Book of Verses, Five General Principles, Sacred Dragon, Winged Dragons, Family Temple, Guarder of the Imperial Silkworms

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