{"product_id":"9781925498004","title":"The High Mountains of Portugal","description":"Author: Martel, Yann\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925498004\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Feb 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe High Mountains of Portugal\u003c\/i\u003e - part quest, part ghost story, part contemporary fable - offers a haunting exploration of great love and great loss. Filled with tenderness, humour and endless surprises, it takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century - and through the human soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomas discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that - if he can find it - would redefine history. Travelling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirty-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifty 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 an unexpected conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe High Mountains of Portugal\u003c\/i\u003e - part quest, part ghost story, part contemporary fable - offers a haunting exploration of great love and great loss. Filled with tenderness, humour and endless surprises, it takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century - and through the human soul.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171396038814,"sku":"UBD-9781925498004","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925498004.jpg?v=1787220244","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925498004","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}