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Book Review of The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
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I really tried to finish this book. But, alas, I gave up. If felt like the never ending story of Percy Fawcett, a British explorer who explored the Amazon. Fawcett didn't want anyone else to find the wonderful City of Z and refused to let anyone know his planned course. The result was that he disappeared in the jungle along with his son. Basically, this is a mystery that will never be solved and Percy Fawcett was a boringly obsessed man. I made it three quarters of the way through and realized I really didn't care what had happened to Fawcett.