Moved by what I had witnessed, I decided to secretly gather the detainees’ information. It didn’t take long before I was discovered by the authorities. On a hot afternoon, they came to my room and called my name. A group of investigators ruthlessly began beating me, to the point where...
He witnessed the Japanese invasion of China and for his trouble received a bayonet in the chest. He joked with Gandhi, was snubbed by Mackenzie King, and found Sinclair Lewis a fellow who "always looked as if he were about to wet his pants." This is one side of the book, the side ...