Fan-Tan is a hugely entertaining, swashbuckling romp, from one of the greatest actors of our time: Marlon Brando. The story of an eccentric early-twentieth-century pirate who sets out on the high seas from the Philippines to Shanghai, Fan-Tan follows the exploits of Anatole Annie Doultry, a larger-than-life character that Brando could have easily inhabited himself. When Annie saves the life of a Chinese prisoner in a Hong Kong prison, hes led to the mysterious and seductive Madame Lai Choi Sanone of the most notorious gangsters in Asiaand here the true adventures begin.Years in the making with Brandos longtime collaborator, screenwriter and director Donald Cammell, Fan-Tan is a rollicking, delectable taleand the last surprise from an ever-surprising legend.From the Trade Paperback edition.