這是作者第一本，也是唯一的一本散文、雜文集。其中一些是人物速寫，通過作者在異國相遇的個個人物，如軍醫丹尼斯、老嫗安娜，以及「波西米亞」樓中的房客們，展開作者對美國社會、人情、倫理、文化及社會心理的理解，而這理解往往是以不理解去貫穿、穿透的，這理解似乎亦充滿可樂的、可愛的、可悲的誤解。
其他如〈弱者的宣言〉、〈庸俗和壞品味〉等等，是作者對一些社會、文學、文化現象的反思。〈性與文學〉、〈一懷愁緒，兩處悲情──十年來海峽兩岸電影發展之漫談〉，則為藝術分析之作。另外如〈未老莫還鄉〉、〈FBI監視下的婚姻〉等，均為作者的真實經歷。
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