With all the super-holy images of Tibet, someone needed to write a counterbalance showing that Tibetans are people too. Rinjing Dorje has done an excellent job of this by retelling the stories he learning in the camps of herdsmen. The author has a sure sense of story in his rendition of the stories and the drawings are well matched to the style of the stories.

These stories may be "naughty" but they are all in good fun and represent the best of a ribald trickster figure - namely Uncle Tompa.

It would be wonderful to have additional volumes of stories of this delightful character.

I enjoyed the Uncle Tompa stories. They showed a different side of Tibet, the one of everyday people. However, a caution should be thrown in that some of the stories and illustrations are very raunchy, and this book is not a good choice for a younger reader.

This book is a good time. My grandmother introduced it to me as a small child mistakenly. Let me tell you, this book is not for children. It tells sutch stories as Uncle Tompa sells penises at the nunnery(ovioously not for the kids). In my openion this book is a riot. I loved it!

The highlight of the book was the chapter "Conversation with a Lama". I found the rest of the book, from section TWO on, simply seemed like the reminiscece of an old hippie. I would buy the book for section ONE, and throw the rest away.

Stablein writes vignettes with humor and insight. Her book gives a glimpse of another culture. I found this quick read to be refreshing and enjoyable.