About the Book: State of Wonder
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 There were people on the banks
of the river. Among the tangled waterways and giant anacondas of the Brazilian
Rio Negro, an enigmatic scientist is developing a drug that could alter the
lives of women for ever. Dr Annick Swensons work is shrouded in mystery; she
refuses to report on her progress, especially to her investors, whose patience
is fast running out. Anders Eckman, a mild-mannered lab researcher, is sent to
investigate. A curt letter reporting his untimely death is all that returns. Now
Marina Singh, Anders colleague and once a student of