A Time of Ghosts is the exciting and absorbing account of Dr. Hok-Pang Tang, who was born into a wealthy and prominent Chinese family in the years before the Communist takeover, but whose family suffered a drastic fall with the coming of the the new regime.
It offers a vivid personal insight not only into a traumatic period in Chinese history, but also a rare and revealing glimpse at the "supernatural" subculture that survived even under Communism.
A Time of Ghosts follows Dr. Tang's life from his overindulged childhood on through the bitter shocks of the transition to Communism, and finally to his repeated attempts to escape from a soul-destroying political and social system. It is a true personal history that reads like an adventure novel.