Boye Lafayette De Mente 
Asian Face Reading 
Unlock the Secrets Hidden in the Human Face

Imagine how much you could learn if you knew how to evaluate a person’s character, health, fortune, social status, sexual charisma, and life expectancy from a careful reading of his or her face.


Face reading, a practice as old as man, is a universal art that we all use every day—with varying degrees of skill. We all know and respond to facial expressions that indicate fear, anger, merriment, and other moods, and we know from experience that facial characteristics, such as unusually large eyes or big noses, have an important influence on our lives. In China and Japan, face reading is a respectable analytical tool used to make business decisions, arrange marriages, and evaluate partnerships and friendships.


Asian Face Reading offers a quick, practical, easy-to-understand and easy-to-apply introduction to the basic principles of face reading. The book is fully illustrated with dozens of examples readers can use to learn this increasingly popular practice—and to analyze their friends, colleagues, and loved ones.

Tentang Penulis

Boye Lafayette De Mente is a US-based expert who has studied Asia since 1949 as a member of an American intelligence agency, student, employee of Asian companies, trade journalist, and consultant. He is the author of more than 30 books on Japan, Korea, and China.