Beatrice and Virgil

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Published Feb. 27, 2010 by Canongate Books.

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978-1-84767-911-6
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Fate takes many forms . . . When Henry recieves 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.

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Man's inhumanity to man has never been epitomized so distinctly as with The Holocaust--may we never see its like again. This book makes clear how inadequate words are to describe The Holocaust's atrocities, and then proceeds to try. We see such a contrast between the sweet peacefulness of Beatrice and Virgil and the sneering cruelty of their antagonists, and the story has you wondering where the heck it's going when BAM! you're hit between the eyes.