by John Darnton · Casa das Letras · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724616568
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«O pecado de Darwin» is the historical novel by John Darnton, published by Casa das Letras in paperback (376 pages, in Portuguese).
Historical facts and fiction combine to investigate why Darwin took twenty-two years to publish «El origen de las especies» and who his possible secret rival was. The plot alternates Darwin's youth, the perspective of his daughter Lizzie, and two present-day researchers who find diaries and letters with a hidden chapter of his life.
The work, published in 2007, is announced on the cover as a novel based on historical documents and includes a mention of the Pulitzer Prize.
It is aimed at readers of historical fiction and literary fiction interested in Charles Darwin and the gestation of the theory of evolution.
John Darnton is an American journalist who wrote for the New York Times. He is a two-time winner of the Polk Award, of which he is now the curator, and the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. He also moonlights as a novelist, writing scientific and medical thrillers.
