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Book SynopsisTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Lost in Portugal.
Lost to grief.
With nothing but a chimpanzee.
A man thrown backwards by heartbreak goes in search of an artefact that could unsettle history. A woman carries her husband to a doctor in a suitcase. A Canadian senator begins a new life, in a new country, in the company of a chimp called Odo. From these stories of journeying, of loss and faith, Yann Martel makes a novel unlike any other: moving, profound and magical.
A New York Times Bestseller
An Australian Independent Bookseller Bestseller
#1 on The Globe & Mail's Bestseller List
#1 on Toronto Star's Bestseller List
#1 on Maclean's Bestseller List
#1 on National Post's Bestseller List
#1 on McNally Robinson's Bestseller List
An ABA Indie Bestseller
Trade ReviewReplete with every bizarre and beautiful thing on earth . . . his many fans will delight * * The Times * *
Moments of real wonder . . . glorious * * Sunday Times * *
His best since
Life of Pi . . . miraculous * * Washington Post * *
Martel is an original, strange and subtle thinker -- Ursula Le Guin * * Guardian * *
Surprising and yet entirely believable * * Observer * *
[Martel's] depiction of loss is raw and deeply affecting . . . odd, fabulous, deliberately oblique * * Telegraph * *
Engagingly readable * * Daily Mail * *
Martel is incapable of writing a dull sentence * * Daily Express * *
A book of great
wisdom and beauty -- Gavin Francis
Lucid and thought provoking * * Mail on Sunday * *
Engrossing . . . Martel has a way of capturing the charm, and charge, of an animal and human relationship * * Independent * *
Martel is a writer with a light touch and a lively fancy . . .
Engaging * * Scotsman * *
An exploration of faith and how we can learn to accept death . . . [Martel] has an ability to write about the very fundamental human emotional threads that join us * * Irish Independent * *
Sharp, comical, and carries a
deeply poignant message * * The List * *
It is an unusual novel,
a vivid and uncanny adventure in storytelling * * The Skinny * *
