Kai Lung’s Golden Hours

Kai Lung’s Golden Hours, published in 1922, is a collection of fantastical Chinese-themed tales told by the wandering storyteller Kai Lung. Using elaborate prose and aphoristic wisdom, Kai Lung charms his captors and adversaries through storytelling. Bramah’s style parodies Orientalism while crafting imaginative moral parables. The tales blend humor, wit, and faux-Confucian wisdom in a fictional ancient China. Loved for its unique narrative voice and clever storytelling structure, the book has remained a cult favorite among fantasy readers.