From the blockbuster, eleven-time New York Times bestselling author comes a novel of medical suspense that begins with these chilling questions: Who ends up with the blood samples you routinely give for tests? What else are they being used for? Why don’t you know?.. Take a Deep Breath... In Boston, a disgraced medical student is sent to deliver a research paper that could save her career. . . . Four thousand miles away, in a jungle hospital in Cameroon, a brilliant, reclusive scientist, dying from an incurable disease that threatens to make each tortured breath his last, is on the verge of perfecting a serum that could save millions of lives, and bring others inestimable wealth. . . . In Chicago, a disillusioned private detective, on the way to his third career, is hired to determine the identify of a John Doe, killed on a Florida highway, with mysterious marks on his body. Three seemingly disconnected lives, surging unrelentingly toward one another. Three lives becoming irrevocably intertwined. Three lives in mounting peril, moving ever closer to the ultimate confrontation against a deadly secret society with godlike aspirations and roots in antiquity. Medical student. Scientist. Private eye. Three people who will learn the deeper meanings of brilliance and madness, truth and deception, trust and betrayal. Three lives linked forever by a single vial of blood - the fifth vial.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780312937744
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 518
Tiempo de lectura:
10h 44m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 02/07/2008
Año de edición: 2008
Plaza de edición: London
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por MICHAEL PALMER
Michael Ondaatje nació en Ceilán (hoy Sri Lanka) en 1943 en una familia de origen holandés. En 1962 se trasladó a Canadá, donde vive actualmente. Además de diversos libros de poemas, ha publicado varias novelas, entre las que cabe destacar En la piel del león, Cosas de familia y El paciente inglés (Premio Booker 1992), que fue llevada al cine con gran éxito. El fantasma de Anil, su última novela, ha merecido, entre otros, los premios Medicis, Giller y Governor General por la mejor obra de ficción.