"Deliciously wicked ... readers will also find plenty to enjoy (one sequence of unwitting cannibalism is particularly memorable)."
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Publishers Weekly
“The reader of this jewel of a book will feel a range of emotions from amusement to sorrow … Through vignettes of collectors he knew, Le-Tan poignantly limns what makes collecting so satisfying, but also so heartbreaking … The book is garlanded by Le-Tan’s own illustrations.”
The New Criterion