易文是香港五、六○年代重要的南來文化人，擅寫都市言情小品，他對都市生活有深切的體會，有別於當時一般南來文人的看法。本書所收錄的三十七篇短篇小說，是他寫於一九五○代初的作品，香港讀者很少機會看到。 本書是商業與藝術並重的香港現代短篇小說佳作。小說對人物心理和敘事形式有所追求，而易文筆下的「都市」和「言情」，跟五○年代的香港社會環境緊扣着，無論是中產男女或打工仔女，都嘗試在五光十色的城市中尋找自己的位置。故事充滿都市感，離不開對現實生活的考慮，處於二十一世紀的讀者，重温細讀，既能理解香港五○年代文人之路，也不難在其中找到自身的影子。

1993 film by Tsui Hark

A three-part anthology film about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled to delve into the possible reasons why his stress seems to manifest itself in a recurring erotic dream; and a story of unrequited love about a beautiful, 1960s high-end call girl in an impossible affair with her young tailor.