by Yann Martel
First published 2016
In 1904 Lisbon, a young man named Tomás stumbles upon an old journal hinting at an extraordinary find. He sets out in a vintage car to uncover the truth. Decades later, a Portuguese pathologist gets drawn into the fallout of Tomás's quest. Finally, a grieving Canadian senator arrives in his ancestral Portuguese village with an unexpected companion - a chimpanzee - ready to see the centuries-old mystery through to its surprising conclusion.
Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, mystery, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, mystery
368 pages · Paperback · Random House