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The People in the Trees

Written by: Hanya Yanagihara
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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In 1950, a young doctor call Norton Perina signs on with the anthropologist Paul Tallent for an expedition to the remote Micronesian island of Ivu’ivu in search of a rumoured lost tribe. They succeed in finding not only that tribe but also a group of forest dwellers they dub ‘The Dreamers’, who turn out to be fantastically long-lived but progressively more senile.

Perina suspects the source of their longevity is a hard-to-find turtle; unable to resist the possibility of eternal life, he kills one and smuggles some meat back to the States. He scientifically proves his thesis, earning worldwide fame and the Nobel Prize, but he soon discovers that its miraculous property comes at a terrible price.

As things quickly spiral out of his control, his own demons take hold, with devastating personal consequences.

©2013 Hanya Yanagihara (P)2013 Audible Ltd Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction World Literature
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This book hits so many marks, it’s interesting, provoking, edgy, fantastic. Definitely a great read. The audiobook is well narrated too.

Wow what a ride!

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I loved this book and it was one of the most EPIC listens of this year! Hanya is such an unbelievable writer and this book was so creative.

This book is a satire on colonialism, a commentary on the cost that is paid for the evolution of science and a tragic human story, all rolled into one.

The People in the Trees has to be one of the best written books today and I heartily recommend it to everyone.

Narration was excellent and added a lot of life to the story.

But, here is a trigger warning for those who may wish to know - there are references to pedophilia and animal cruelty here (but only in certain sections).

Very inventive and absolutely fabulous!

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