The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
By David Grann
Read by Mark Deakins
Unabridged
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ISBN: 9780525494119
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ISBN: 9780525494119
| Runtime: | 10.08 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A New York Times bestseller
One of the 2009 New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books for Nonfiction
Winner of the 2010 Indies Choice Book Award for 2010
Selected for the March 2009 Indie Next List
A USA Today bestseller
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless people perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called "The Lost City of Z." In this masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett's quest for "Z" and his own journey into the deadly jungle, as he unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century.
Look for David Grann’s new book, Killers of the Flower Moon, available now.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“A riveting, exciting,
and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure.” —John Grisham, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Thoroughly researched, vividly told. . . . Grann recounts Fawcett's expeditions with all the pace of a white-knuckle adventure story. . . . A thrill ride from start to finish. —The Washington Post
"Breathtaking. . . . Grann brings Fawcett's remarkable story to a beautifully written, perfectly paced fruition. . . . Any writer who can breathe life into letters written by scientists in the early 1900s deserves more than a hat tip. —The Los Angeles Times
In a hyperconnected and exhaustively charted world, here is a revelation about wildness and the mad desire to plunge into it. . . . Unfathomably riveting. . . . Grann wildly delivers the goods. —GQ
"Suspenseful. . . . Rollicking. . . . Reads with all the pace and excitement of a movie thriller. . . . The Lost City of Z is at once a biography, a detective story and a wonderfully vivid piece of travel writing that combines Bruce Chatwinesque powers of observation with a Waugh-like sense of the absurd. Mr. Grann treats us to a harrowing reconstruction of Fawcett's forays into the Amazonian jungle, as well as an evocative rendering of the vanished age of exploration. —The New York Times
Brilliant. . . . Impressively researched and skillfully crafted. . . . Grann makes abundantly clear in this fascinating, epic story of exploration and obsession, [that] the lethal attraction of the Amazon mystery remains strong. —The Boston Globe
“What makes Mr.
Grann’s telling of the story so captivating is that he decides not simply to go
off in search of yet more relics of our absent hero—but to go off himself in
search of the city that Fawcett was looking for so heroically when he suddenly
went AWOL.” —Wall Street Journal
“A riveting
adventure-mystery in the tradition of Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, said to be inspired by Fawcett.” —Toronto Star
“Thankfully, for
those of us who secretly live and breathe for the swashbuckling adventure tale,
every now and then a book comes along that renews our faith in the epic quest
narrative, its ability to inform and enlighten even as it feeds our most primal
need for dramatic amusement. [The Lost
City of Z] succeeds tremendously in these pursuits.” —Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“Suspenseful…Rollicking…Reads
with all the pace and excitement of a movie thriller…The Lost City of Z is at once a biography, a detective story, and a
wonderfully vivid piece of travel writing…A harrowing reconstruction of Fawcett’s forays into the Amazonian jungle,
as well as an evocative rendering of the vanished age of exploration.” —New York Times
“A fascinating yarn
that touches on science, history, and some truly obsessive personalities.” —Entertainment Weekly
“In a hyperconnected
and exhaustively charted world, here is a revelation about wildness and the mad
desire to plunge into it…Unfathomably riveting…Grann wildly delivers the goods.” —GQ
“Absorbing…A
wonderful story of a lost age of heroic exploration.” —Sunday Times (London)
“Grann is no
hard-as-nails explorer, and his self-deprecating personal narrative…serves as a
comic counterpoint to the superhuman exploits of Fawcett. Grann may not be able
to hack the wilderness very well, but as a storyteller he’s first-rate.” —Outside
“Breathtaking…Grann
brings Fawcett’s remarkable story to a beautifully written, perfectly paced
fruition…Any writer who can breathe life into letters written by scientists in
the early 1900s deserves more than a hat tip.” —Los Angeles Times
“An engrossing book,
whose protagonist could outmarch Lara Croft and out-think Indiana Jones…It’s
almost enough to make you reach for a backpack.” —Daily Telegraph (London)
“A model of suspense and concision…Thoroughly
researched, vividly told, this is a thrill ride from start to finish.” —Washington Post
“A blood-stirring
reading experience.” —Denver Post
“A spellbinding tale
that produces fresh surprises around each turn…An amazing story.” —Dallas Morning News
“Fast-paced adventure…Grann
delights us with the lure of obsession under a canopy of trees.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Brilliant…Impressively
researched and skillfully crafted…Grann makes abundantly clear in this
fascinating, epic story of exploration and obsession, [that] the lethal
attraction of the Amazon mystery remains strong.” —Boston Globe
“A thrilling yarn…What
[Grann] finds is what makes The Lost City
of Z so gratifying, and in the end he, and we along with him, find
ourselves stunned by what Percy Fawcett discovered.” —Oregonian
“Perfect for armchair
travelers and readers with fond childhood memories of books recounting tales of
adventure in the dark wild…What [Grann] found should help change how we think
about the Amazon…Read it, shiver with delight, and thank your lucky stars
you’re never going to get as close to a candirú as Fawcett and Grann did. (Look
it up on Wikipedia, if you dare.)” —Richmond Times-Dispatch
“There is something
about Fawcett’s spirit and self-assurance that captivates…To read The Lost City of Z is to feel grateful
that Grann himself bothered to set out for the Amazon in search of the bones of
an explorer whose body was long ago reclaimed by the jungle.” —Christian Science Monitor
“A blockbuster tale
of adventure.” —New York Observer
“Grann escapes death
and tracks down Z, giving the reader the kind of Indiana Jones kicks best
experienced vicariously.” —Details
“A colorful tale of true adventure, marked by satisfyingly unexpected twists, turns, and plenty of dark portents.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author
Author Bio: David Grann
David Grann has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 2003. He has written about everything from New York City’s antiquated water tunnels to the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, from the hunt for the giant squid to the mysterious death of the world’s greatest Sherlock Holmes expert. His stories have appeared in several anthologies, and he has written for the New York Times Magazine, Atlantic, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and New Republic.
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| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Runtime: | 10.08 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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