The Paris Express: A Novel

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER**
**From the bestselling and “soul-stirring” ( *Oprah Daily* ) author of *Room* , a sweeping historical “nail-biter” ( *People* ) of a novel about the infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station.**
Based on an 1895 disaster that went down in history when it was captured in a series of surreal, extraordinary photographs, *The Paris Express* is a propulsive novel set on a train packed with a fascinating cast of characters who hail from as close as Brittany and as far as Russia, Ireland, Algeria, Pennsylvania, and Cambodia. Members of parliament hurry back to Paris to vote; a medical student suspects a girl may be dying; a secretary tries to convince her boss of the potential of moving pictures; two of the train’s crew build a life away from their wives; a young anarchist makes a terrifying plan, and much more.
From an author whose “writing is superb alchemy” (Audrey Niffenegger, *New York Times* bestselling author), *The Paris Express* is an evocative masterpiece that effortlessly captures the politics, glamour, chaos, and speed that marked the end of the 19th century.