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David Grann is a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine. He has written about everything from New York City’s antiquated water tunnels to the hunt for the giant squid to the presidential campaign.
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, published by Doubleday, is Grann’s first book and is being developed into a movie by Brad Pitt’s Plan B production company and Paramount Pictures.
Grann’s stories have appeared in several anthologies, including What We Saw: The Events of September 11, 2001; The Best American Crime Writing, of both 2004 and 2005; and The Best American Sports Writing, of 2003 and 2006. A 2004 finalist for the Michael Kelly award for the “fearless pursuit and expression of truth,” Grann has also written f...more


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Average rating: 3.82 · 22,521 ratings · 3,036 reviews · 7 distinct works · Similar authors
The Lost City of Z: A Tale ...
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 20,202 ratings — published 2009 — 36 editions
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Un Crime Parfait
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2008
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Trial By Firel'etat Du Texa...
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“Many accidents happen to white people because they don't believe their dreams.”
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“Exploration...no longer seemed aimed at some outward discovery; rather, it was directed inward...”
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“...much of the discovery of the world was based on failure rather than on success--on tactical errors and pipe dreams.”
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