REISSUES
Our pick of the paperbacks is Sarah Brooks’s THE CAUTIOUS TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO THE WASTELANDS
(★★★★★, 1 May, W&N). Set in the late 19th century, it centres on a journey via the Great Trans-Siberian Express, from Moscow to Beijing, through an uncanny landscape which passengers are warned not to spend too long gazing at... We said: “Brooks’s crisp style and striking visual imagination make the Wastelands a hypnotic blend of menace and beauty, and she builds tension with a light touch.”