From New England Book Award winner Lily King comes a breathtaking novel
about three young anthropologists of the '30's caught in a passionate
love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and,
ultimately, their lives.
English anthropologist Andrew Bankson has been alone in the field for
several years, studying the Kiona river tribe in the Territory of New
Guinea. Haunted by the memory of his brothers' deaths and increasingly
frustrated and isolated by his research, Bankson is on the verge of
suicide when a chance encounter with colleagues, the controversial Nell
Stone and her wry and mercurial Australian husband Fen, pulls him back
from the brink. Nell and Fen have just fled the bloodthirsty Mumbanyo
and, in spite of Nell's poor health, are hungry for a new discovery.
When Bankson finds them a new tribe nearby, the artistic,
female-dominated Tam, he ignites an intellectual and romantic firestorm
between the three of them that burns out of anyone's control.
Set between two World Wars and inspired by events in the life of
revolutionary anthropologist Margaret Mead, Euphoria is an enthralling
story of passion, possession, exploration, and sacrifice from
accomplished author Lily King.
