.PAPERBACK MID SIZE EDITION..-WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGENight Train to Lisbon is a philosophical novel by Swiss writer Pascal Mercier. It recounts the travels of Swiss Classics instructor Raimund Gregorius as he explores the life of Amadeu de Prado, a Portuguese doctor, during Ant?nio de Oliveira Salazar's right-wing dictatorship in Portugal.