num_pages: 283
description: Like many of the best thinkers, Simon Leys ranges widely. This collection combines essays written between 1983 and 1998 on a rich variety of subjects. China, tobacco, George Orwell, the Australian bush, Mother Teresa, reading, Georges Simenon . . .all come together to form the view of the universe of one of our finest scholars and writers.
language: English
title: The Angel and the Octopus: Collected Essays, 1983-1998
titlecomplete: The Angel and the Octopus: Collected Essays, 1983-1998
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Duffy & Snellgrove