The romance of elsewhere: essays

The romance of elsewhere --

Keeping watch --

Useful Zulu phrases, 1986 --

Gloria mundi --

Multiple choice --

Letter from London --

Caveat viator --

It's a small, unnatural world --

The beach of the lost world --

Honky, Napoleon, & the Empress Wu --

Inheriting the past --

A stranger in my house --

Viva Mandela! --

Running the smalls through --

Locked in --

Happy birthday to me --

Ignorance chic --

Letter from Texas --

Doing no harm : some thoughts on reading and writing in the age of umbrage --

When enough is enough : age and the creative impulse.