5/23/2023 0 Comments Book the lost city of z“ still holds this potential… you can really get turned around. “That gave me a real sense, a glimmer, a glimpse, of what Fawcett and his parties went through every day,” Grann says, recalling his predicament from the safety of a London cafe. Grann may have been armed with the latest technology and an armful of inoculations, but in that moment he and Fawcett were almost one and the same. Or he was, until his local fixer and guide went missing. Despite a lack of physical fitness and a loathing of camping, the writer was hot on Fawcett’s trail. Unbeknown to him, it was already broken beyond repair. The seriousness of the situation was matched only by its absurdity, as he moved through the mangroves raising his laptop aloft. Thos Robinson/Getty Images North America/Getty Images for The New Yorker FestivalĮstimates suggest that around 100 people had already died in the hunt for Fawcett, and Grann refused to be the next.
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