Read an extract from Beatrice and Virgil by 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 pulling 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.
‘Somewhere between Beckett and Ionesco…with its textures of genre and allegory, there also comes an explosion of ideas that keep the pages turning…a wild, provocative novel.’ Independent on Sunday
Read the first chapter of Beatrice and Virgil
June 14th, 2010 at 7:15 am
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