Audio Book Description:
Twelve American tourists join an art expedition that begins in the Himalayn foothills of China-dubbed the truth Shangri-La-and heads south into thejungles of Burma. But after the mysterious death of their tour leader, carefully laid plans fall apart, and disharmony breaks out amoung thepleasure-seekers as they come to discover that the BurmaRoad is paved with less-than-honorable intentions, questionable food, and tribal cursesAnd then, on Christmas morning,eleven of the travelers boat across a misty lake for a sunrise cruise and disappear.Drawingfrom the current politcalreality in Burma and woven withpure confabulation, Amy Tan`s picaresque novel poses thequestion: How can we discernwhat is real and what is fictionin everything we see? How do weknow what to believe?
