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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Canongate Books

FORMAT: CD-Audio

ISBN: 9781847679246

RRP: £18.98

PUBLICATION DATE:
June 3, 2010

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Beatrice and Virgil

Yann Martel

Fate takes many forms. When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey – named Beatrice and Virgil – and the epic journey they undertake together. With all the spirit and originality that made Life of Pi so treasured, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.

Reviews of Beatrice and Virgil

* Every page offers something of tension, humanity, surprise, or even ecstasy The Times on Life of Pi * Ultimately uplifting Daily Mail on Life of Pi * A terrific book … fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore — Margaret Atwood Sunday Times on Life of Pi * A hilarious novel, full of clever tricks, amusing asides and grand originality Daily Telegraph on Life of Pi * This enormously lovable novel is suffused with wonder … this is fiction probing the imaginative realm with scientific exactitude, twisting reality to "bring out its essence" Guardian on Life of Pi

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Yann Martel

Yann Martel was born in Spain in 1963. After studying philosophy at university, he worked at odd jobs and travelled before turning to writing. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed 2002 Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, which was translated into thirty-eight languages. Yann Martel lives in Saskatchewan, Canada.