A huge international bestseller, with over 2 million copies sold worldwide, this is a compelling novel about one man's escape from a humdrum life in search of passion, spontaneity and a mysterious Portuguese writer. For fans of "The Shadow Of The Wind", "The Reader" and "The House Of Spirits". Rights have been sold in 17 countries.

PASCAL MERCIER was born in 1944 in Bern, Switzerland, and currently lives in Berlin where he is a professor of philosophy. Night Train to Lisbon is his third novel.