In The New York Times, Parul Sehgal reviews the “masterly” new work from Barbara Demick, Eat the Buddha: The Story of Modern Tibet Through the People of One Town. The book is due to be published in Britain by Granta on September 3, and will be Book of the Week on Radio 4 from September 14. It follows prize-winning accounts from Demick of life in North Korea and Sarajevo.