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Could you leave behind all that you know and live in solitude for three decades? This is the extraordinary story of the last true hermit - Christopher Knight. 

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The Stranger in the Woods

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    A Paperback / softback by Michael Finkel

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      Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
      Published 17 May 2018
      ISBN-13 9781471151989
      978-1471151989
      ISBN-10 1471151980
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      Non Fiction Biography Memoirs True stories of heroism, and endu

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      *THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*

      Could you leave behind all that you know and live in solitude for three decades? This is the extraordinary story of the last true hermit - Christopher Knight. 

      'This was a breath-taking book to read       and many weeks later I am still thinking about the implications for our society and - by extension - for my own life'  Sebastian Junger, bestselling author of The Perfect Storm 

      'A wry meditation on one man's attempt to escape life's distractions and look inwards, to find meaning not by doing, but by being'
      Martin Sixsmith, bestselling author of Philomena and Ayesha's Gift

      'Not all heroes wear capes. My latest one is a man called Christopher Knight – a silent idol for anyone who has felt the urge to just sack it all off and live the life of a her

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