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A pharmacologist travels to the Amazon to find a missing researcher
2011Steady paceTense
What it is about
Marina Singh works for a pharmaceutical company, and she is sent to the Amazon rainforest to find out how a colleague died. She must find the brilliant and difficult doctor Annick Swenson, who is working on a secret fertility project. The journey takes her far from everything familiar.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like literary adventure novels.
What you will get
A gripping, literate novel in the tradition of Heart of Darkness.
State of Wonder Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Literary Fiction · Amazon · Medicine · Obsession
Length
353 pages · ≈ 10 h
More about this book
Characters
Marina Singh and Dr. Annick Swenson.
Setting
The Amazon rainforest in Brazil, and a small town in Minnesota.
What makes it different
A jungle adventure with moral questions about science.
Feel
Atmospheric, tense and thoughtful.
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