![]() Patchett’s genius here is her ability to lure ordinary people down the river of bizarre circumstances so gradually that they don’t look for an exit until the forest is thickly knotted behind them. ![]() ![]() As gripping as it is thoughtful, it burns with the low-level fever of “ Heart of Darkness,” but its most febrile moments soar into the creepiness of “The Island of Doctor Moreau.” Now, “ State of Wonder” takes her to Brazil, into the Amazon’s piranha-infested waters, and the result is another dazzling work. Like some exotic, undiscovered creature, the book resisted classification: not so much a literary thriller as a thrilling piece of literary fiction. T en years ago Ann Patchett wrote herself onto the literary map when she took us to South America in “ Bel Canto,” a novel that improbably mingled romance, terrorism and opera to win popular and critical praise. ![]()
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