泰戈爾曾有「右手持劍，左手拈花」之句，余光中也自稱「右手寫詩，左手為文」，陶傑的中文，散文秀麗淵雅，評論尖刻詼諧，已經兼而有之；英文小品也寫得機妙風趣，令人捧腹而稱賞，中英兼擅，左右開弓，觀乎香港文壇，得到讀者一致認同，捨其誰也。
 
| Contents |
 
Why Hong Kong Is Still the Best 001
We are not in 2551 003
A Piece of Iceland Cake 006
The Breast is the Better Bet 009
A China-free Election 012
A Better Tomorrow 015
On Living with Obama 017
Toilet Adventure 020
Crisis Management 022
Boycotting the French 025
Getting Rid of the Sellotape 028
Why Only the French? 030
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Bottom 033
A Good President and a Filial Son 035
Vote With Your Feet 037
Where the Heads Roll 040
A Question of Context 042
Monkey Business 045
Sister Aloysius's Doubts and Mine 047
The War at Home 049
Name-calling 051
The Missed Train 053
The Beauty and the Beasts 055
A Matter of Feces, Not Face 058
Hummer and Sickle 061
Being Bilingual 064
The Dry Rot in Macau 066
Toeing the Xinjiang Line 068
The China Hand Got It Wrong 070
Pleasing the Dragon 072
Settling the Box Office Account 074
One For All Seasons Flew Over the Inglourious Basterds 076
Yes We Care 079 Chinatown Overcrowded 081
Crying Aiya! at Ah-Yeh 083
Let's Celebrate 085
The Odd One on the Float 088
Hong Kong 1946 091 Taking the Mickey Out of Hong Kong 093
Give Me Back My Mozart 096
Lee Kuan Yew, Mickey Rourke, and Mindanao 099
Why Christmas is Merrier in the Far East 101
The Big BN(O) Escape 104
Questionable Sanity 106
The British Airways Takeover 108
James Cameron as the King of China 111
O, haha 114
Not Just Man's Best Friends 116
Messing with the French, Again 118
High Noon in Hainan 120
The Hart of Darkness 122
The Meaning of the Word 124
Where Eagles Dare 127
Stephen Hawking's Code 129
The Expo Facial Explosion 132
Harrowlujah 134
The Shambles of Democracy 137
Solo, Duet, and Orgy 140
Where the White T-Shirts Go Wrong 143
On Handling Dr. Sun 145 Aiya Daya Bay 147
 
| About The Author |
 
陶傑，多媒體創作人，英國華威大學英國文學學士，倫敦大學國際關係深造文憑，曾任職BBC海外傳播部。文字作品散見香港各主流媒體，另於電視、電台主持時事文化評論節目，包括商業電台「光明頂」、無線電視「細說名城」等。