Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier

First of all I would like to wish all my readers a very Happy New Year for 2009. For my part I hope it is a better year than 2008 and am feeling positive so far. Read this book over the Christmas break and found it quite intruiging but quite hard going.

The main character is a teacher in Switzerland and one day an unknow woman leads him to seek out a book written by an unknown Portugese writer. He then reads the book and leaves his teaching responsibilities on the spur of the moment and catches the train to Lisbon to discover everything about this author's life. It is an interesting read and very different - not for everyone. If you like Isabel Allende you will probably like this book.