Book Review - 'State of Wonder' by Ann Patchett

At times, a state of perplexity

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett is undoubtedly literary fiction, albeit with elements of thriller and mystery.

Research biochemist Dr. Marina Singh has been dispatched by Vogel Pharmaceuticals, her Big Pharma employer, on a mission to the Amazon jungle in Brazil. Her lab partner Anders Eckman had been sent there to support pioneering fieldwork undertaken by Dr. Annick Swenson, a blustery, eccentric, and secretive older woman who had mentored Marina in medical school.

State of Wonder: A Novel by Ann Patchett (Harper)

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