Book description
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 -…
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After reading Life of Pi many years ago (before the movie came out) I never found myself reading another Yann Martel book, which is strange as I loved the Life of Pi so much.
Back in March of this year I
stumbled across a copy of Beatrice and Virgil in an old bookshop in Paris, and
was instantly drawn to it, not only from the author's name, but the blurb intrigued me terribly.
Yann Martel has this brilliant way of turning a story that can often seem random and unusual, into something you simply have to know what is going…
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It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
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