an absorbing story about a piano hunt - a quixotic quest through two centuries of Russian history and eight time zones stretching across an eleventh of the world's land surface. it reveals not only an unexpected musical legacy, but profound and brave humanity in the last place on earth you might expect to find it.

'Richly absorbing... An impressive exploration of Siberia's terrifying past.' Guardian

now with colour photography by Michael Turek

- sunday times best paperback of 2021
- shortlisted for the 2021 Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year prize
- critically acclaimed Sunday Times, Spectator and Independent Book of 2020

448 pages, paperback