{"product_id":"the-high-mountains-of-portugal-9781838859572","title":"The High Mountains of Portugal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLost in Portugal. \u003cbr\u003eLost to grief.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith nothing but a chimpanzee.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA New York Times Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eAn Australian Independent Bookseller Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e#1 on The Globe \u0026amp; Mail's Bestseller List\u003cbr\u003e#1 on Toronto Star's Bestseller List\u003cbr\u003e#1 on Maclean's Bestseller List\u003cbr\u003e#1 on National Post's Bestseller List\u003cbr\u003e#1 on McNally Robinson's Bestseller List\u003cbr\u003eAn ABA Indie Bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReplete with every bizarre and beautiful thing on earth . . . his many fans will delight *  * The Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eMoments of real wonder . . . glorious *  * Sunday Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eHis best since \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e . . .\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003emiraculous *  * Washington Post *  *\u003cbr\u003eSurprising and yet entirely believable *  * Observer *  *\u003cbr\u003eMartel is an original, strange and subtle thinker -- Ursula Le Guin *  * Guardian *  *\u003cbr\u003eEngagingly readable *  * Daily Mail *  *\u003cbr\u003e[Martel's] depiction of loss is\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eraw and deeply affecting\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e. . . odd, fabulous, deliberately oblique *  * Telegraph *  *\u003cbr\u003eMartel is incapable of writing a dull sentence *  * Daily Express *  *\u003cbr\u003eA book of great wisdom and beauty -- Gavin Francis\u003cbr\u003eLucid and thought provoking *  * Mail on Sunday *  *\u003cbr\u003eReplete with every bizarre and beautiful thing on earth . . . his many fans will delight *  * The Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eMoments of real wonder . . . glorious *  * Sunday Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eHis best since \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e . . .\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003emiraculous *  * Washington Post *  *\u003cbr\u003eSurprising and yet entirely believable *  * Observer *  *\u003cbr\u003eMartel is an original, strange and subtle thinker -- Ursula Le Guin *  * Guardian *  *\u003cbr\u003eEngagingly readable *  * Daily Mail *  *\u003cbr\u003e[Martel's] depiction of loss is\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eraw and deeply affecting\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e. . . odd, fabulous, deliberately oblique *  * Telegraph *  *\u003cbr\u003eMartel is incapable of writing a dull sentence *  * Daily Express *  *\u003cbr\u003eA book of great wisdom and beauty -- Gavin Francis\u003cbr\u003eLucid and thought provoking *  * Mail on Sunday *  *","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470217482583,"sku":"9781838859572","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781838859572.jpg?v=1744897710","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-high-mountains-of-portugal-9781838859572","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}