Roosevelt'S Beast - Softcover

"An edge-of-your-seat thriller with all the twists and turns of an unexplored river, "Roosevelt's Beast" is also something greater: a triumphant proof that the truths of art can surpass those of history." -Kermit Roosevelt III, great-great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, and author of "In the Shadow of the Law"

"Louis Bayard's gift is to seamlessly merge careful research with the fantastic, the horrible, the sublime, and the universal. "Roosevelt's Beast" is an adventure story in the grand style, from a time when the rivers of the Amazon jungle were as unmapped as the depravity of the human heart--had Kipling ever turned his mind to the horror genre beyond short stories, this gripping novel might have been the result."
-Lyndsay Faye, author of "The Gods of Gotham

""An edge-of-your-seat thriller with all the twists and turns of an unexplored river, "Roosevelt's Beast" is also something greater: a triumphant proof that the truths of art can surpass those of history."
-Kermit Roosevelt III, great-great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, and author of "In the Shadow of the Law"

"Bayard has written a riveting thriller and psychological study wrapped around historical events and people and gives the reader a real existential puzzle to put together."-- Elizabeth Dickie, "Booklist"

"For the past decade or so Louis Bayard has been taking the subjects of 'genre fiction'--from Gothic murder to jungle adventure--and rejuvenating them with all the skills of a literary novelist. Roosevelt's Beast combines dizzying narrative energy with real psychological subtlety and stylistic elegance. It's an immensely satisfying book."--Thomas Mallon, author of "Henry and Clara" and "Watergate: A Novel"

"Louis Bayard's imagination is as wild, uncharted, and magnificent as the Amazon, and his tale is as lush as a rainforest. I loved "Roosevelt's Beast" and was under its spell from Bayard's wondrous - and haunting - first sentence." -Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of "Midwives" and "The""Sandcastle""Girls"

"Louis Bayard's gift is to seamlessly merge careful research with the fantastic, the horrible, the sublime, and the universal. "Roosevelt's Beast" is an adventure story in the grand style, from a time when the rivers of the Amazon jungle were as unmapped as the depravity of the human heart--had Kipling ever turned his mind to the horror genre beyond short stories, this gripping novel might have been the result."
-Lyndsay Faye, author of "The Gods of Gotham

""An edge-of-your-seat thriller with all the twists and turns of an unexplored river, "Roosevelt's Beast" is also something greater: a triumphant proof that the truths of art can surpass those of history."
-Kermit Roosevelt III, great-great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, and author of "In the Shadow of the Law"

"Louis Bayard's imagination is as wild, uncharted, and magnificent as the Amazon, and his tale is as lush as a rainforest. I loved "Roosevelt's Beast" and was under its spell from Bayard's wondrous - and haunting - first sentence." -Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of "Midwives" and "The""Sandcastle""Girls"
"[Roosevelt's Beast] never fails to deliver chills and peril in a claustrophobic jungle atmosphere...This journey into the heart of darkness strikes enough notes that a variety of readers will find an element to tempt them, whether it's the terrifying unknown or the simple desires of the human heart."--"Shelf Awareness"
"Bayard's heart-of-darkness saga is impressive--blood and sacrifice, primitive peoples and Roosevelt courage.... [He] exactingly chronicles the hardships of charting the river, right down to the damp, dangers and drudgery of the Amazonian jungle... ["Roosevelt's Beast"] is a suspense-filled re-imagining of history deepened by a confrontation with evil's supernatural presence."--"Kirkus Reviews"

"Bayard has written a riveting thriller and psychological study wrapped around historical events and people and gives the reader a real existential puzzle to put together."-- Elizabeth Dickie, "Booklist"

"For the past decade or so Louis Bayard has been taking the subjects of 'genre fiction'--from Gothic murder to jungle adventure--and rejuvenating them with all the skills of a literary novelist. Roosevelt's Beast combines dizzying narrative energy with real psychological subtlety and stylistic elegance. It's an immensely satisfying book."--Thomas Mallon, author of "Henry and Clara" and "Watergate: A Novel"

"Louis Bayard's gift is to seamlessly merge careful research with the fantastic, the horrible, the sublime, and the universal. "Roosevelt's Beast" is an adventure story in the grand style, from a time when the rivers of the Amazon jungle were as unmapped as the depravity of the human heart--had Kipling ever turned his mind to the

"Bayard describes the toll on survivors [of the Roosevelt/Randon expedition] with wonderful dry wit...A mystery in the Arthur Conan Doyle tradition, had Sherlock and Watson been masochistic enough to volunteer for this dreadful trek...Bayard gives us a compassionate, unsentimental portrait of a son who would forever live in the shadow of a colossal father."--" Washington Post
""Louis Bayard's imagination is as wild, uncharted, and magnificent as the Amazon, and his tale is as lush as a rainforest. I loved "Roosevelt's Beast" and was under its spell from Bayard's wondrous - and haunting - first sentence." -Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of "Midwives" and "The""Sandcastle""Girls"
"[Roosevelt's Beast] never fails to deliver chills and peril in a claustrophobic jungle atmosphere...This journey into the heart of darkness strikes enough notes that a variety of readers will find an element to tempt them, whether it's the terrifying unknown or the simple desires of the human heart."--"Shelf Awareness"
"Bayard's heart-of-darkness saga is impressive--blood and sacrifice, primitive peoples and Roosevelt courage.... [He] exactingly chronicles the hardships of charting the river, right down to the damp, dangers and drudgery of the Amazonian jungle... ["Roosevelt's Beast"] is a suspense-filled re-imagining of history deepened by a confrontation with evil's supernatural presence."--"Kirkus Reviews"

"Bayard has written a riveting thriller and psychological study wrapped around historical events and people and gives the reader a real existential puzzle to put together."-- Elizabeth Dickie, "Booklist"

"For the past decade or so Louis Bayard has been taking the subjects of 'genre fiction'--from Gothic murder to jungle adventure--and rejuvenating them with all the skills of a literary novelist. Roosevelt's Beast combines dizzying narrative energy with real psychological subtlety and stylistic elegance. It's an immensely satisfying book."--Thomas Mallon, au

Louis Bayard's imagination is as wild, uncharted, and magnificent as the Amazon, and his tale is as lush as a rainforest. I loved "Roosevelt's Beast" and was under its spell from Bayard's wondrous - and haunting - first sentence.--Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls

Bayard has written a riveting thriller and psychological study wrapped around historical events and people and gives the reader a real existential puzzle to put together.--Elizabeth Dickie "Booklist "

For the past decade or so Louis Bayard has been taking the subjects of 'genre fiction'--from Gothic murder to jungle adventure--and rejuvenating them with all the skills of a literary novelist. "Roosevelt's Beast" combines dizzying narrative energy with real psychological subtlety and stylistic elegance. It's an immensely satisfying book.--Thomas Mallon, author of Henry and Clara and Watergate: A Novel

Louis Bayard's gift is to seamlessly merge careful research with the fantastic, the horrible, the sublime, and the universal. "Roosevelt's Beast" is an adventure story in the grand style, from a time when the rivers of the Amazon jungle were as unmapped as the depravity of the human heart--had Kipling ever turned his mind to the horror genre beyond short stories, this gripping novel might have been the result.--Lyndsay Faye, author of The Gods of Gotham

An edge-of-your-seat thriller with all the twists and turns of an unexplored river, "Roosevelt's Beast" is also something greater: a triumphant proof that the truths of art can surpass those of history.--Kermit Roosevelt III, great-great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, and author of In the Shadow of the Law