A touch of Alice in Wonderland pervades this surreal journey through the horrors of military-ruled Burma... "Saving Fish from Drowning" by Amy Tan. Putnam, New York, 2005. P472... "Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter?s Daughter) has written a seemingly light comic novel with real political weight. Saving Fish from Drowning (a title that comes from a Buddhist self-justification for eating fish) might not be to everyone?s taste, but those who stick with it will find the author?s good intentions shining through. The tour group has been a narrative inspiration dating back to Canterbury Tales and Journey to the West. Tan uses the misadventures of a fictional group of travelers as her framework for revealing Burma?s real-life agony..."