David GrannNon-Fiction · History·b. 1967
The Lost City of Z
Synopsis
David Grann's "The Lost City of Z" chronicles the enduring mystery of Percy Fawcett, a British explorer who vanished in the Amazon in 1925. Driven by the legend of a lost ancient civilization, Fawcett and his son disappeared into the jungle, sparking a decades-long obsession for those who followed. This book traces the perilous journeys of explorers and the enduring allure of discovering what lies hidden beneath the dense jungle canopy.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10
- I couldn’t finish this book. In fact, I quit at page 50. I did not expect this to be a history of Fawcett. I expected a first person account of attempting to find Z, and not peppered in via random paragraphs through a larger autobiography.
- Kinda crazy to see how far obsession can lead. A well researched account of Percy Fawcett and his need to discover.