Lust, Caution by Eileen Chang

"If the Chinese are the most unpunctual of people, she meditated, their politicians are surely virtuosos in the art of the late arrival."

So I haven't seen the movie adaptation of the first short story and yet this whole book of little snippets put me in a Wong Kar -Wai, In The Mood For Love, head space. These little stories are digested quickly with a sensual flavour. The titular story is like a sexy Le Carré; but distilled into just a few pages - no mean feat!.


4 out of 5 - pink diamonds are pretty.