Christopher Ondaatje

The stuff of legends

Christopher Ondaatje on Iliya Troyanov's novel based on the real-life exploits of the explorer Richard Burton

  • The Collector of Worlds

    Iliya Troyanov (translated by William Hobson)

    Faber, pp. 464

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