Beatrice and Virgil : a novel / Yann Martel.
By: Martel, Yann.
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BookPublisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: 197 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9781400069262 (trade : alk. paper); 1400069262.Subject(s): Authors -- Fiction | Taxidermists -- Fiction | Animals -- Fiction | Authors -- Fiction | Taxidermists -- Fiction | Animals -- Fiction | Psychological fictionGenre/Form: Psychological fiction.DDC classification: 813/.54 | [Fic] Summary: Henry, a writer, receives a curious letter from an elderly taxidermist who wants Henry to help him write a play about a donkey and a howler monkey--Beatrice and Virgil--but Henry feel increasingly uncomfortable as he learns more about the odd world of the taxidermist and his perilous plans for Beatrice and Virgil.
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Henry, a writer, receives a curious letter from an elderly taxidermist who wants Henry to help him write a play about a donkey and a howler monkey--Beatrice and Virgil--but Henry feel increasingly uncomfortable as he learns more about the odd world of the taxidermist and his perilous plans for Beatrice and Virgil.
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