The wildly entertaining new novel from the bestselling author of Water for Elephants. Isabel Duncan, a scientist at the Great Ape Language Lab, doesn't understand people, but apes she gets—especially the bonobos Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani, and Makena, who are capable of reason and communication through American Sign Language. Isabel feels more comfortable in their world than she's ever felt among humans—until she meets John Thigpen, a very married reporter writing a human interest feature. But when an explosion rocks the lab, John's piece turns into the story of a lifetime—and Isabel must connect with her own kind to save her family of apes from a new form of human exploitation.
Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home
★你會為誰守祕七十年？作者巧妙添加浪漫愛情、歷史懸疑，增加小說耐人尋味、虛實交錯的吸引力，最後結局更是出人意料，讓人大呼過癮。★震撼2006年全美書市，被譽為繼《追風箏的孩子》之後，最感人肺腑的小說。★榮登《紐約時報》文學類暢銷書排行榜數十週，至今不墜，2006年鵝毛筆獎年度風雲書、最佳小說提名。★《Publishers Weekly出版者週刊》、《The New Yorker紐約客》、《New
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