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Book review: The Amur River by Colin Thubron

The Amur River by Colin Thubron. Penguin Random House Books. Yet another wonderful travelogue by veteran travel writer Colin Thubron, the wow factor in this work is two-pronged. One of course, is his travel trajectory, the long and winding River Amur that flows between China and Russia. The other is the jaw-dropping fact that…

Book review: Behind the Wall by Colin Thubron

Just when the first lockdown was enforced, I started on one of my fave travel writer Colin Thubron`s 1988 China travelogue, Behind the Wall. And I only just finished reading it. It`s not an easy book to read, and it`s even more difficult to review. Oh, Thubron is at the top of his game…

Book review: Journey into Cyprus by Colin Thubron

Six months after Colin Thubron signed this book for me, and discussed the (to him) surprising fact that one could find Sheilas in India, I read it. At one go. It’s that kind of book. When this master travelwriter goes anywhere (to Cyprus, in this case), the reader gets the kind of picture of the…