The Finder
A Novel
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3.6 • 18 Ratings
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- $18.99
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
From the Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning novelist of 419 comes a spellbinding literary adventure novel about precious objects lost and found.
The world is filled with wonders, lost objects—all real—all still out there, waiting to be found:
· the missing Fabergé eggs of the Romanov dynasty, worth millions
· the last reel of Alfred Hitchcock’s first film
· Buddy Holly’s iconic glasses
· Muhammad Ali’s Olympic gold medal
How can such cherished objects simply vanish? Where are they hiding? And who on earth might be compelled to uncover them?
Will Ferguson takes readers on a heroic, imaginative journey across continents, from the seas of southern Japan, to the arid Australian Outback, to the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, after the earthquake. Prepare to meet Gaddy Rhodes, a brittle Interpol agent obsessed with tracking “The Finder”—a shadowy figure she believes is collecting lost objects; Thomas Rafferty, a burnt-out travel writer whose path crosses that of The Finder, to devastating effect; and Tamsin Greene, a swaggering war photographer who is hiding secrets of her own.
The Finder is a beguiling and wildly original tale about the people, places, and things that are lost and found in our world. Both an epic literary adventure and an escape into a darkly thrilling world of deceit and its rewards, this novel asks: How far would you be willing to go to recover the things you’ve left behind?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
What lengths would you go to find something you’d lost? Interpol agent Gaddy Rhodes is trying to track down someone called the Finder, a mysterious figure who uncovers history’s most coveted lost objects (from Buddy Holly’s glasses to the missing Fabergé eggs of the Romanov dynasty) and always leaves total chaos in their wake. As Gaddy crosses paths with a photojournalist, a shepherdess, and a restless freelance travel writer, this tale becomes a thriller, a travelogue, and an epic literary adventure all in one. We love how author and real-life travel writer Will Ferguson gives every locale a vivid sense of place as we jet across the pages from southern Japan to the Australian outback to an earthquake-devastated Christchurch, New Zealand. Packed with suspense at every stop on its global tour, The Finder will help you travel the world without ever leaving your living room.
