If you love fast-paced thrillers with a great deal of suspense, then "Congo" by Michael Crichton is definitely worth your time. This book is unique, as it features an extraordinary gorilla with remarkable human-like traits who uses mysterious drawings to lead a San Francisco researcher into a perilous quest in search of a deadly mystery hidden deep in the Congo. Readers will be captivated by the thrilling plot, vivid descriptions of the African landscape, and the complex relationships between the characters.

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• Premio Grinzane Cavour for Narrativa Straniera (1982)

Deep in the heart of the darkest region of the Congo, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an eight-person field expedition dies mysteriously and brutally in a matter of minutes.Ten thousand miles away, at the Houston-based Earth Resources Technology Services, Inc., supervisor Karen Ross—watches a gruesome video transmission of that ill-fated team: a camp destroyed, tents crushed and torn, equipment scattered in the mud alongside bodies…and the grainy, moving image of a dark, blurred shape.In San Francisco, primatologist Peter Elliot works with Amy, an extraordinary gorilla with a 620 “sign” vocabulary and a fondness for finger painting. Her recent drawing matches, with stunning accuracy, the frayed, brittle pages of a Portuguese print dating back to 1642…a drawing of the ancient lost city.Immediately, a new expedition is sent into the Congo, descending into a secret world where the only way out may be through the grisliest death…

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