'One young monk ... set himself on fire in 2009, declaring on his deathbed: "I don’t regret what I did. I did it for the sake of all Tibetans and sentient beings."'

Rana Mitter traces the modern history of Tibet.

@BarbaraDemick
https://literaryreview.co.uk/one-country-one-system

'This book takes in a lot of territory, all solidly researched and footnoted. But dry? Fuhgeddaboutit.'

Patricia T O'Conner on E J White's 'You Talkin' To Me? The Unruly History of New York English'.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/tawk-of-the-town