Casanova's Chinese Restaurant is a book by Anthony Powell (ISBN 0099472449). It is the fifth installment in his twelve-novel series A Dance to the Music of Time, and was originally published in 1960. As part of the series, the events of the novel were part of the television adaptation broadcast on the UK's Channel 4 in 1997, forming a part of the second of four episodes. There was also an earlier, more comprehensive, BBC Radio adaptation. Anthony Dymoke Powell (December 21, 1905 _ March 28, 2000) is a writer most remembered for his A Dance to the Music of Time duodecalogy published between 1951 and 1975. ... A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve volume roman à clef by Anthony Powell, published between 1951 and 1975. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Channel 4 is a television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ...