In many ways, this is a book about language, and how it is used to conceal and reveal (there is a wonderfuly satirical subplot about a commission examining English educational methods).

• 与其说是一般的偶然，更应该说不是单纯的偶然，而是好几个偶然的因素，巧上加巧碰在一起，就促成了这么件令人匪夷所思的事情。