An agreeable hotchpotch, Alan Sillitoe’s Leading the Blind (Macmillan, £15.99, ISBN 0 333 64225 2) is based on guidebooks published before 1914. It’s like watching a quick-fire show of lantern slides: here are the “sublime horrors” of Swiss mountains, dirty frescoes in Pompeii, bandits in Greece and the explorer Richard Burton riding on a crocodile. Delightful, but dip, don’t trudge.
More from 91av
Explore the latest news, articles and features
Popular articles
Trending 91av articles
1
Why autism pioneer Uta Frith wants to dismantle the spectrum
2
PCOS has been officially renamed PMOS, and it’s a momentous move
3
Asteroid to miss Earth by a quarter of the length from us to the moon
4
Neanderthals treated a dental cavity by drilling into the tooth
5
Where did the laws of physics come from? I think I've found the answer
6
A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began
7
What if the idea of the autism spectrum is completely wrong?
8
What’s the secret to living well beyond the average life expectancy?
9
Can cloud seeding save us from water bankruptcy?
10
PCOS postpones perimenopause and allows pregnancies at older ages
