“Highly respected travel writer Colin Thubron embarks on a massive journey from northern China, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, then through Iran and into Turkey.
This isn’t some Around Ireland with a Fridge type travelling writing nonsense, this is in depth.
I had the chance to hear him talk about his new novel about Tibet, sounds equally interesting.
Score 4/10
Date read May 2011
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“When an English lawyer helps a beautiful Russian girl on a train station, he embarks on a relationship which becomes more than he bargained for.
This is a gentle literary thriller, more a tale of morality than blood and guts, although Snowdrops is a nickname for dead bodies which appear from the melting snow in the spring.
This was a good read, I also had the pleasure of interviewing Andy. He sent me a copy of his first book, a non fiction account of rags to riches in Jewish London.
Score 7/10
Date read May 2011
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