The range and variety of the Scottish writer Frank Kuppner, as evidenced
in the ten books which were published in the last century, are such that
many people just did not know where to start. Here, is the place to do
so, at least, where the poetry is concerned - the author's own selection
from his five books of poetry: A Bad day for the Sung Dynasty (1984),
The Intelligent Observation of Naked Women (1987), Ridiculous! Absurd!
Disgusting! (1989), Everything is Strange (1994), Second Best Moments in
Chinese History (1997). With a miniature epic in fragments, The
Kuppneriad, as a bonus. Love, China, wisdom, humour, variable taste, and
reticence about botany. It's all here. Or, more accurately, some of it
is here.