Barbara Demick’s Eat The Buddha, which I’ve mentioned a few times, most recently in a roundup of forthcoming books, was reviewed in The Observer at the weekend by Tania Branigan, a former China correspondent for The Guardian. The Observer also had a review, by Tim Adams, of a new essay collection, Vesper Flights, from Helen (H is for Hawk) Macdonald, which is currently Book of the Week on Radio 4.