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Thomas Edgar as a child developed a love for butterfly collecting. As a young man at the turn of the 20th century he is given the chance to travel to Brazil and participate in a natural history collection expedition in the Amazon River region. However, he returns a very changed and disturbed man. The book alternates between his experiences in Brazil with the environment, the natives and his host Santos. Senor Santos, a wealthy rubber plantation baron, is not as hospitable as he seems. His wife S
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