Here’s the link to a Travel Writing World podcast celebrating what would have been Bruce Chatwin’s 80th birthday, featuring myself with Nicholas Shakespeare, Colin Thubron, Sara Wheeler, and Susannah Clapp. I named In Manchuria after Chatwin’s seminal In Patagonia, much to the publisher’s — probably correct — chagrin. Pete Hessler’s original blurb urged potential buyers: “If you only read one book about Manchuria this year, let it be this one.” Good one.