READER’S DIGEST RECOMMENDED READ: Down The River
ACCORDING TO Craig Brown, Colin Thubron “might justly claim to be the greatest travel writer in the world”: a claim that, if anything, is bolstered still further by the appearance of this extraordinary new book.
A couple of years ago, aged 79, Thubron journeyed to what—even by his standards—is a remote part of the globe. Now he brings its people, geography, wildlife, current problems and all-round historical importance thrillingly alive in a way that may make some