By the conjuror extraordinary of modern portage (John le Carre)-a personal, brilliantly detailed exploration of the almost unfathomably complex Soviet empire. When a writer of Mr. Kapuscinski's genius writes of the snows and the steppes of Siberia, of the doomed Aral Sea and Kiev . . . no pictures are necessary.-The Wall Street Journal. First time in paperback | Imperium by Ryszard Kapuscinski, Paperback | Indigo Chapters