ISBN-13: 9780811215527 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 416 str.
In a novel set in middle-class Chinese society on the eve of the Sino-Japanese War, Fang-Hung-chien obtains a teaching position, using a degree from a fake American university, in a Chinese university--where the pseudo-intellectuals become the butt of the author's satire.