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By Yann Martel
Author of Life of Pi
It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that--if he can find it--would redefine history. Travelling in one of Europe's earlist automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure.
Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the centre of a murder mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences of Tomas's quest.
Fifity years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in his ancestral village in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he arrives with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee. And there the century-old quest will come to its stirring conclusion.
The High Mountains of Portugal--part quest, part ghost story, part contemporary fable--is filled with tenderness, humour, and endless surprise. It takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century--and through the human soul.
The High Mountains of Portugal
Gently loved paperback.