night train to lisbon by swiss author messiaen was also turned into a film starring jeremy on charlotte rampling and christopher lee amongst others the book the film tells the story of an unassuming professor who spontaneously embarks on a dating. just adventure here's our man of letters david leavitt's with mole. what do you do when you see a woman who's about to jump off a bridge do you run to her call the police. take a selfie try to help or. that's the beginning of pasco massy is novel night train to lisbon sound like a psychological thriller maybe a love story nope it's the story of a latin and greek teacher a name that i'm one could go over us for stumbles upon a portuguese memoir and it he finds a question that will change his life. given we can only live in a small part of what there is in us what happens with the rest. gregorios decides to discover the parts of his life he's left on lived he goes on a quest to find the man who wrote those lines he takes the night train to lisbon. he gets to know the city and immerses himself in the history of portugal dictatorship for goriest it's an em