ROOSEVELT’S BEAST: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 12020714B67699
English Summary/英文概要： A reimagining of Teddy and Kermit Roosevelt’s ill-fated 1914 Amazon expedition—a psychological twist on the smart historical thriller that first put Louis Bayard on the map.
1914. Brazil’s Rio da Dúvida, the River of Doubt. Plagued by hunger and suffering the lingering effects of malaria, Theodore Roosevelt, his son Kermit, and the other members of the now-ravaged Roosevelt-Rondon scientific expedition are traveling deeper and deeper into the jungle. When Kermit and Teddy are kidnapped by a never-before-seen Amazonian tribe, the great hunters are asked one thing in exchange for their freedom: find and kill a beast that leaves no tracks and that no member of the tribe has ever seen. But what are the origins of this beast, and how do they escape its brutal wrath?
Roosevelt’s Beast is a story of the impossible things that become possible when civilization is miles away, when the mind plays tricks on itself, and when old family secrets refuse to stay buried. With his characteristically rich storytelling and a touch of old-fashioned horror, the bestselling and critically acclaimed Louis Bayard turns the story of the well-known Roosevelt-Rondon expedition on its head and dares to ask: Are the beasts among us more frightening than the beasts within?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 這是作者根據一真實歷史事件為故事背景所改寫的驚悚小說。
1914年已卸任美國總統老羅斯福Theodore Roosevelt與兒子Kermit到亞馬遜河熱帶雨林地區探險，深入叢林追尋「困惑河」(Rio da Dúvida, the River of Doubt這條河後來被命名為「羅斯福河」)的源頭，他們一行人因為飢餓及身染瘧疾，使得探險的路程受到不少阻礙，最後老羅斯福和兒子不慎脫隊，被當地不知名的亞馬遜土著抓走，要換回自由代價就是要幫土著找到及殺了一未知野獸物種。究竟這是什麼樣的野獸？而他們能順利重穫新生嗎？這世上有比人類更兇殘的野獸嗎？
作者以真實事件為虛構小說鋪陳，主人翁身在自然原始的環境中，距文明千里之遙，意志不再由他們自主控制，而家族過去的秘辛無法再藏匿，加上冒險驚險的情節似必讓讀者愛不釋手。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Louis Bayard出版過多部廣受好評及暢銷小說如The School of Night、The Black Tower、The Pale Blue Eye及 Mr. Timothy等。此外他也替許多報章媒體撰稿寫文章，如《沙龍》Salon,《紐約時報》 The New York Times, 《華盛頓郵報》The Washington Post《洛杉磯時報》Los Angeles Times等等。目前定居於華盛頓。
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