Kai Lung's Golden Hour

As with other Kai Lung novels, the main plot serves primarily as a vehicle for the presentation of the gem-like, aphorism-laden stories told by the protagonist Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China. In Kai Lung''s Golden Hours he is brought before the court of the Mandarin Shan Tien on charges of treason by the Mandarin''s confidential agent Ming-shu. In a unique defense, Kai Lung r...